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We propose a concatenated approach for implementing transitionless quantum driving regardless of adiabatic conditions while being robustness with respect to all kinds of systematic errors induced by pulse duration, pulse amplitude,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Zhi-Cheng Shi , Cheng Zhang , Li-Tuo Shen , Jie Song , Yan Xia , X. X. Yi

Nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations have been conducted to investigate turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas with rotational shear. At sufficiently large flow shears, linear instabilities are suppressed, but transiently growing modes drive…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Barnes , F. I. Parra , E. G. Highcock , A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , C. M. Roach

In this article, we briefly review dynamical and thermodynamical aspects of different forms of quantum motors and quantum pumps. We then extend previous results to provide new theoretical tools for a systematic study of those phenomena at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-26 Raúl A. Bustos-Marún , Hernan L. Calvo

We consider an optomechanical cavity that is driven stroboscopically by a train of short pulses. By suitably choosing the inter-pulse spacing we show that ground-state cooling and mechanical squeezing can be achieved, even in the presence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-06 Matteo Brunelli , Daniel Malz , Albert Schliesser , Andreas Nunnenkamp

The author offers a new kind of thermonuclear reflect reactor. The remarkable feature of this new reactor is a three net AB reflector, which confines the high temperature plasma. The plasma loses part of its energy when it contacts with the…

General Physics · Physics 2008-03-27 Alexander Bolonkin

Tokamak plasmas are confined by a magnetic field that limits the particle and heat transport perpendicular to the field. Parallel to the field the ionised particles can move freely, so to obtain confinement the field lines are "closed" (ie.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 Jarrod Leddy , Ben Dudson , Michele Romanelli , Brendan Shanahan , Nick Walkden

A solid-state laser system that produces a 1MHz pulse train of 800 pulses with 18 mJ per pulse at the wavelength of 263.5 nm has been developed to meet the requirements of the TESLA Test Facility (TTF) at Fermilab and in operation since…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xi Yang

The conventional approach for thermal quench mitigation in a tokamak disruption is through a high-Z impurity injection that radiates away the plasma's thermal energy before it reaches the wall. The downside is a robust Ohmic-to-runaway…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Jason Hamilton , Luis Chacon , Giannis Keramidas , Xianzhu Tang

The affordable, robust, compact (ARC) reactor conceptual design study aims to reduce the size, cost, and complexity of a combined fusion nuclear science facility (FNSF) and demonstration fusion Pilot power plant. ARC is a 200-250 MWe…

High levels of penetration of distributed generation and aggressive reactive power compensation with modern power electronics may result in the reversal of active and reactive power flows in future distribution grids. The voltage stability…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-07-09 Hung D. Nguyen , Konstantin Turitsyn

Steady-state and dynamics of the self-phase-locked (3\omega ==> 2\omega, \omega) subharmonic optical parametric oscillator are analyzed in the pump-and-signal resonant configuration, using an approximate analytical model and a full…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jean-Jacques Zondy

Neutral beam current drive (NBCD) on the EAST tokamak is studied by using Monte-Carlo test particle code TGCO. Phase-space structure of the steady-state fast ion distribution is examined and visualized. We find that trapped ions carry…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-09-15 Youjun Hu , Xingyuan Xu , Yunchan Hu , Kaiyang He , Jinfang Wang

For the first time the pellet cycle of a multiple-isotope plasma is successfully reproduced with reduced turbulent transport modelling, within an integrated simulation framework. Future nuclear fusion reactors are likely to be fuelled by…

We experimentally study the motion of atoms interacting with a periodically pulsed near resonant standing wave. For discrete pulse frequencies we observe a comb-like momentum distribution. The peaks have widths of 0.3 recoil momenta and a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Frank Sander , Thibaut Devolder , Tilman Esslinger , Theodor W. Hansch

Centrifugal confinement fusion, a promising alternative to toroidal confinement devices like tokamaks and stellarators, leverages supersonic plasma rotation within a magnetic mirror configuration to achieve simplified coil design,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-04 Yi-Min Huang

The behavior of simply pulsed qubits (quantum systems with two linearly independent states) may be characterized by the energy difference $\Delta E$ between the two states of the qubit and by an external stimulating potential $V(t)$ that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Chalastaras , L. Kaplan , Kh. Kh. Shakov , M. Smith , J. H. McGuire

The stellarator is a type of fusion energy device that - if properly designed - could provide clean, safe, and abundant energy to the grid. To generate this energy, a stellarator must keep a hot mixture of charged particles (known as a…

The effect of flow shear on turbulent transport in tokamaks is studied numerically in the experimentally relevant limit of zero magnetic shear. It is found that the plasma is linearly stable for all non-zero flow shear values, but that…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 E. G. Highcock , M. Barnes , A. A. Schekochihin , F. I. Parra , C. M. Roach , S. C. Cowley

In tokamak experiments, sufficiently strong $E\times B$ flow shear reduces turbulent transport, thereby improving the prospects for fusion power plants. It is therefore of great importance to efficiently explore parameter space to find…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Haomin Sun , Justin Ball , Stephan Brunner , Arnas Volčokas

Parametric coupling of lower hybrid pump wave with low frequency collisionless/weakly collisional trapped electron drift wave, with frequency lower than the electron bounce frequency is studied. The coupling produces two lower hybrid…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-10-10 A. Kuley , C. S. Liu , V. K. Tripathi