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Fullwave simulation of millimeter wave plasma diagnostics

Millimeter wave diagostics are essentiell for fusion plasmas, since they work without plasma contact.

Both reflectometry and scattering diagnostics greatly benefit from fullwave simulation of the interaction between plasma and wave.

The fullwave code IPF-FD3D is a synthetic Doppler reflectometer on top of plasma turbulence simulations.
IPF-FD3D is a 2D or 3D finite difference time domain code for cold magnetised plasmas. It is written in C, with post-processing done in python.

Possible Topics

  • Improvement and extension of the existing code and application to new problems of Doppler reflectometry and other millimeter wave diagnostics.
  • Development of new solvers of higher order in time and space
  • Adaptation of kernels to vector computers or GPU accelerators
  • Explore stability issues with X mode and large density gradients
  • Scaling of scattering results with turbulence strength
  • Impact of higher order scattering
  • Poloidal correlation reflectometry

 

Prerequisites

  • Physics Master
  • For code development, good programming skills in C
  • Knowledge of python, numpy, scipy

Fullwave simulation of millimeter wave plasma diagnostics

Position Type
Position Type
PhD position
Host institute type
Host institute type
Academic
Host institute
Host institute
University of Stuttgart, Germany
Location
Location
Stuttgart, Germany
Format
Format
Requires physical presence
Starting Date
Starting Date
As soon as possible
Duration of position
Duration of position
~3 years
Candidate level
Candidate level
Master (in progress)
Master (completed)
Compensation
Compensation
Yes
Contact person
Contact person
Carsten Lechte
Contact person email
Location