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Fast and slow waves launched from a fast-wave waveguide array
Abstract
Using a waveguide array designed to excite only fast-wave polarization, both slow and fast waves were observed in a toroidal plasma. The relative energy in the two modes was found to be a function of the plasma density, indicating that fast-wave current drive experiments should be performed at densities well above the calculated fast-wave cut-off density.
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