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Performance Enhancement of the Polarimetric Fibre Optical Current Sensor at JET Using Polarisation Optimisation
Andrei Gusarov1, Perry Beaumont2, Paula Siren2
1SCK CEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, 2400 Mol, Belgium.
Abstract:
To achieve optimal operation of the polarimetry-based FOCS, the light polarisation state at the input of the sensing fibre part must be close to a linear one. In the case of a FOCS deployed on a tokamak, the Joint European Torus (JET) in the present work, the long fibre optics link between the laser source and the sensing fibre modifies the polarisation in an unpredictable way, making it unclear which source polarisation state is to be set. A method for performing the necessary polarisation adjustment in a systematic way is proposed based on the FOCS analysis. The method requires performing data acquisition at two different input polarisations. Based on these measurements, the optimal laser source polarisation can be found. The method was experimentally verified using laboratory set-up and then successfully demonstrated with the FOCS installed at JET.
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