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Date Filed: 3/8/2007
Title:Localization of ECDC flux profiles and boron film growth using vertical fields
First Author:Dennis Whyte
Session Leader:Dennis Whyte (shots 1-1)

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Session Leader Plans
Entered: May 8 2007 06:23:03:687PM
Author: Dennis Whyte
Boronization with vertical field

This boronization will
not be our full MP for ECDC/BZN characterization, but rather a characterization
of the BZN with fixed vertical field. This decision was affected by several considerations
including the availability of EF4 supply, a stuck shutter on Thomson scattering, the absence
of Bruce and the general newness of the S3 diagnostics.

The day will be broken up into two parts.

Part 1 (~9 - noon)

In the morning the boronization system will be given a shakedown, but
with a pure He bottle installed rather than the He+diborane bottle.
This is to allow engineers to fix any problems in the PLC, etc. for the
boronization system, while still allowing cell access . The shakedown
will include He ECDC plasmas, so we will also shakedown remote control
and data acquisition of S3 including probe data (which technically
we've never taken in He plasmas). We'll insert S3 from home to the "safe" position with
the head inserted manually just into the vessel before this, with the S3 turbo
gate valve closed so it simulates what we'll get with the boronization. Also
we must make sure to optimize/maximize N2 cooling flow in S3
in order to better control the QMB temperature. A key feature of the
S3 shakedown is full remote control with visual confirmation from
J. Terry's camera, good I_sat signal on the S3 probe and the temperature/frequency stability
of the QMB's with our improved N2 cooling.

Step 2
The next stage will be the boronization proper. According to Jim Irby this
takes 30-60 minutes to set up since it requires scuba entry into the cell
to bring in the diborane bottle, hook it up and turn open a manual valve.
We'll leave S3 at the safe position. We will go through our S3 check list
to verify everything on S3 before we leave the cell.
We then proceed with the boronization plan at fixed vertical field
Bz/Bt ~ 10%, so this will be a a
truncated version of the MP shot plan). Our main objective
is the quantification of the neutral versus ionic B film growth, and absolute
numbers w.r.t. the growth rate + a radial profile of these properties.

The decision for the duration of the BZN and the extent of the
radial resonance scan will be based "on the fly" on those results.

Shot plan

1) Bv/Bt = 8%, R_res = 60 cm.
Place the S^3 head at the peak in the plasma
profile, i.e. at the upper hybrid resonance ~ 65 cm. Run the boronization for 10
minutes with
the S3 head rotated such that the side QMB face is normal to the field lines.
Stop boronization and take periodic data acquisitions to monitor the
head temperature and QMB frequency shift. Wait until these have equilibrated
and calculate thickness of B film on each QMB.

Our expectation is that after 10 minutes the QMB should be able to measure
net film growth since between shot boronizations laid down ~10 nm films, and
this should be accurately measured by the QMB. But at this point we'll need
to assess if we see the BZN layer and need to adjust acquisition/BZN duration
(longer or shorter).

2) Move the head to EC resonance and measure deposition rate

3) Move the head inside the deposition radius (5 cm) and measure
deposition rate.

4) Move the head 5 cm outside the UH resonance, then increase in 5 cm
steps out to
the R_limiter+5 (~90 cm?)

5) Assess requirements for boronization duration and sweep
range for remainder of boronization. S3 will be left at or
near th resonance to monitor total film growth.



Physics Operators Plans
Entered: May 8 2007 04:00:49:027PM
Author: Jim Irby
Overnight ECDC in D2 at 2e-4 Torr, sweep 44 to 103 cm, dwell at 45 cm

Around 09:00 --- operation of boronization system in helium to check out hardware, procedure, and S^3. A-Port shutter will be open during helium operation, but closed during actual boronization.

Around 12:00 --- install diborane bottle and begin boronization with Bt and Bv. Scans will be localized to R<=0.8 m. Take S^3 data.

Around 17:00 --- having decided the best scan parameters continue boronization

Around 23:00 --- four techs on hand to shut down boronization and close diborane bottle

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: May 9 2007 11:30:40:120PM
Author: Dennis Whyte
A very successful run for S3 diagnosis of boronization.
Kudos to the S3 team (Roman, Neils and Soren).

The QMB's proved very reliable at getting real
time deposition rates with ~ 180 s
data acquisition times. The measured deposition signals (1-10 nm) were well
out of the fluctuations in frequency documented from
the temperature sensitivity (~0.1 nm)

We made a brief attempt at optimizing the conditions of the boronization,
although I'm confident more can be done. An important point was
brought forth today in that BZN ECDC is done at much higher vessel
pressure (~1 mTorr) compared to ECDC used for conditioning (~0.1 mTorr).
In the He-only ECDC we documented with the camera views that this
situation led to almost all of the ionization light coming from
the H-port, with weak plasma light at other locations. This
would seem to lead to unwanted B film accumulation near H-port.
We found that applying vertical field (nominally at 8% Bv/Bt today)
and lowering the pressure by a factor of ~2.5 that the H-port
localization disappeard and we recovered our standard appearance
of the axisymmetric ECDC plasma. This was our standard operating
regime for the radial scan with S3.

The basic conclusion of the s3 radial scan is that the local boron deposition
rate is mostly strongly linked to plasma flux as diagnosed with
the probe. This was for both the QMB oriented to face the field
lines and for the QMB which views in the inward R direction. In fact
when we pulled the S3 back to R~100 cm neither of the QMB's could
measure any deposition outside their senstivity limit (1 Angstrom per
3 minutes). The deposition rate was peaked about 10 cm outside
of the EC resonance, which is consistent with the location
of the Upper Hybrid resonance. The peak // rate was ~ 8 nm / 3 minutes
which crudely taking into account the pitch angle of the field would
present ~ 20 nm / hour for horizontal surfaces (e.g. outer
divertor shelf). The control room opinion is that the radially
viewing QMB is being affected by ion flux, since the extremely
rapid drop-off of deposition rate with radial distance from
the UH resonance does not seem to jibe with simple expectations
based on solid angle dispersion of neutral boron radicals from the
ionization regions. Our estimate is that the boron ions have
a gyroradius ~ 1cm, so they may be impacting the radial QMB
and depositing some film. Near the UH resonance the deposition
rate was >5 times on the // facing QMB than the radial QMB. The
scan in QMB orientation showed the expected result of max.
deposition when the QMB2 probe had it's face normal to the
field lines. We saw an asymmetry in deposition rate looking
up or down the field lines. We believe this is caused
by the gas injection in the upper showerhead.

So overall the boronization film deposition rates were
highly localize to regions near the UH resonance. Based on this
we limited the rest of the BZN to a scan from the inner wall
to the outer divertor shelf. We'll
see if this works tomorrow.





Physics Operator Summaries

Session Leader Comments
May 9 2007 01:18:18:867PM1070509601Dennis Whytehe ECDC
R_res = 65 cm. B_Z = 0
vessel pressure 5 mTorr
check isat signal strength during
a S3 scan from 120 to 70 cm.
The Isat clearly jumps up when the S3 gets
inside the toroidal imiters at ~ 84 cm
the isat "envelope" is actually max. at the 84 cm
region
May 9 2007 03:00:57:500PM1070509611Dennis WhyteHelium ECDC
R_res = 55 cm. I_EF4=214 Amps
foreline pressure 50 mTorr, vessel pressure


finally got some sweep data on probe.
S3 moving from 90 cm - 58 cm

Not cerain how localize the profile
is..could be that the UH resonance has moved
further out. Awaits probe analysis.


May 9 2007 03:01:14:220PM1070509612Dennis WhyteNo ECDC fiducial.
May 9 2007 03:11:53:740PM1070509613Dennis WhyteNo ECDC fiducial.

checking how the QMB's cool without ECDC
May 9 2007 03:29:16:900PM1070509614Dennis WhyteNo ECDC fiducial.

It's clear that the probe will take a long
time to get back down to 20 C. The
apparent change in QMB frequency / thickness
is small, about 0.2 nm / C. So we might
be better off running the QMB hotter when
it's in the plasma, as long as the temperature
does not drift too much.
May 9 2007 03:37:00:513PM1070509615Dennis WhyteECDC Helium

r_res = 65 cm, I_EF4 = 200 A

s3 parked at 65 cm, testing
the thermal stability of the QMBs
May 9 2007 03:45:42:673PM1070509616Dennis WhyteECDC Helium

r_res = 65 cm, I_EF4 = 200 A

s3 parked at 65 cm, testing
the thermal stability of the QMBs
May 9 2007 04:00:08:540PM1070509617Dennis WhyteECDC Helium

r_res = 65 cm, I_EF4 = 200 A

s3 parked at 65 cm, testing
the thermal stability of the QMBs

QMB2 looks stable in temperature and frequency.
May 9 2007 04:02:22:477PM1070509618Dennis WhyteECDC Helium

r_res = 65 cm, I_EF4 = 200 A

s3 parked at 90 cm

ECDC was turned off at ~ 50 s of the shot. The
change in temperature and QMB frequency is very
noticeable, but the frequency was quite stable
before the shut off. So it appears better to leave
the ECDC on to get the QMB's to thermal equilibrium since
the drift becomes < 0.1 nm over 200 seconds but we
expect (hope) for higher deposition rates.
May 9 2007 04:07:59:633PM1070509619Dennis WhyteStarting to setup for boronization, so
we've parked the s3 at 90 cm. We'll let if cool
and monitor the QMB response.

May 9 2007 04:49:05:853PM1070509620Dennis WhyteCool down while we wait for BZN
May 9 2007 04:49:18:620PM1070509622Dennis WhyteCool down while we wait for BZN
May 9 2007 04:49:24:730PM1070509623Dennis WhyteCool down while we wait for BZN
May 9 2007 05:14:23:363PM1070509625Dennis WhyteCool down while we wait for BZN
May 9 2007 05:21:23:443PM1070509626Dennis WhyteECDC with BZN

10% diborane to 90 % He

R_res = 60 cm.
I_EF4 ~ 200 A
Foreline pressure ~ 35 mTorr

The shutter was closed for the camera view
of the divertor is not completely blocked. This
gives us the chance to see the plasma during
BZN. We're convinced this is in the mode where
the ionization light is not in H-port. The
photodiode signal from ECDC is ~ 100, but when
we had the H-port light localization it was more like
2000. The divertor camera view shows a localized
stripe when placed at 60 cm.
The s3 probe swing from 90 to 58 cm looks reasonable.
this was in sweep mode so hard to control room anlyze
the Isat profile. We'll next sweep in Isat mode for
control room assessment of peak ion flux.
May 9 2007 05:31:32:573PM1070509627Dennis WhyteECDC with BZN

10% diborane to 90 % He

R_res = 60 cm.
I_EF4 ~ 200 A
Foreline pressure ~ 35 mTorr

S3 scan from 58 to 90 in Isat mode.
Looks reasonable.


May 9 2007 05:45:55:407PM1070509628Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at 0 degrees.

May 9 2007 05:51:03:427PM1070509629Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+90" degrees (91.008)


May 9 2007 05:57:30:803PM1070509630Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+45" degrees (44.4)


May 9 2007 06:00:07:053PM1070509631Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-45" degrees (-44.424)


May 9 2007 06:09:13:290PM1070509632Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-90" degrees (-90)


May 9 2007 06:23:33:797PM1070509633Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+90" degrees


May 9 2007 06:30:06:440PM1070509634Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+95" degrees


May 9 2007 06:53:32:933PM1070509635Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+85" degrees


May 9 2007 06:54:00:433PM1070509636Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "+80" degrees


May 9 2007 07:14:14:503PM1070509637Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-90" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A


May 9 2007 07:31:03:730PM1070509638Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-95" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A


May 9 2007 07:44:53:483PM1070509639Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-85" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A


May 9 2007 07:44:58:360PM1070509640Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-85" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A


May 9 2007 07:45:05:093PM1070509641Dennis WhyteMoved to R=70.0cm
3 minutes at "-80" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A


May 9 2007 08:11:24:993PM1070509643Dennis WhyteR=70.0cm (s3)

Increased pressure (foreline) to 50 mTorr

3 minutes at "-80" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A

The photodiode monitor in H-port birfucated to ~ 1000
counts (although intermittent) meaning that we
have evidence that there is now enhanced ionization
in H-port. The divertor view also changed, with the
resonance stripe becoming sharper, and the flux
tube of the s3 probe shadow becomes obvious.
This gives us our orientation of the field such
that looking into the vessel the field lines slant
up towards the right (i.e. opposite of our experience
with the old EF4 coil setup).

So at ~ -80 we're pointing "up' the flux tube
toward the upper divertor and the showerhead, probably
explaining our variation of deposition rate with diborane
injection.

The deposition on QMB2 was 4 nm...not much lower than 42.
May 9 2007 08:13:45:543PM1070509644Dennis WhyteR=70.0cm (s3)

Increased pressure (foreline) to 60 mTorr

3 minutes at "-80" degrees

R_res=60 cm, I_EF4~200 A

The divertor view noticeably dimmed.

6 nm deposition on qmb2.
May 9 2007 08:23:08:437PM1070509645Dennis WhyteRepeat

No fluctuation of QMB2 with pressure. 6 nm
net deposition. 1.5 nm on QMB1


May 9 2007 08:33:07:627PM1070509646Dennis WhyteR_s3=85 cm
R_res = 60 cm

Moved the probe out behind the main limiters.

The qMB2 change went to ~0.2 nm, so as expected
in toroidal shadow of main limiter the deposition
went to almost zero. The radial viewing qmb1 showed
1 nm change in 180s, so lower than at 70 cm, but only
slightly reduced since the reduction in solid
angle is not very large from "cylindrical" resonance surface.





May 9 2007 08:37:12:427PM1070509647Dennis WhyteR_s3=85 cm
R_res = 60 cm

reduced the pressure back to 35 mTorr in foreline
to see if the neutral deposition rate changes
in shadow of limiter. This is a good position
to check for "antennae" deposition.

QMB1 deposition dropped to 0.6 nm in 180 s from
1 nm in 180 s at higher pressure...so
this may tell us that the lower pressure is better
to reduce outboard deposition.



May 9 2007 08:47:24:023PM1070509648Dennis WhyteR_s3=85 cm
R_res = 60 cm

repeat. Again 0.6 nm deposition in 180 s,so
very reproducible
May 9 2007 08:57:42:340PM1070509649Dennis WhyteR_s3=105 cm
R_res = 60 cm

Deposition has gone to zero on both qmbs!


May 9 2007 09:01:52:920PM1070509650Dennis WhyteR_s3=95 cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation still -80 degrees


May 9 2007 09:07:23:360PM1070509651Dennis WhyteR_s3=90 cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees


May 9 2007 09:16:53:270PM1070509652Dennis WhyteR_s3=100 cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees


May 9 2007 09:31:41:717PM1070509653Dennis WhyteR_s3 = 85 cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

~0.7 nm on QMB1 in 180 ms.
~ zero on QMB 2

It seems clear that the depoosition on QMB1 is not
really "neutrals" since it is correlating with
the langmuir probe isat as we retract behind the
toroidal limiters...so if it was neutrals the deposition
should fall off as something like 1/R?

Is this realistic?

gryoradius of boron ion

field ~ 1000 G
ti ~ 10 eV (Nachtrieb)
mass ~ 10 amu
charge = 1 e

rho_i ~ 1e2 * sqrt( ti * mass) / e B ~ 1 cm.

so possible that the recession of the qmb1 is not
sufficient to "block" ion deposition.


May 9 2007 09:28:21:593PM1070509654Dennis WhyteR_s3=80cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

~0.9 nm in 180 ms on qmb1
~1.8 nm on qmb2

So sliding past the toroidal limiters has
given us a sudden jump in qmb2 deposition rate
compared to qmb 1.


May 9 2007 09:32:44:297PM1070509655Dennis WhyteR_s3=75cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

~1.5 nm on qmb1
~ 2.5 nm on qmb2



May 9 2007 09:47:53:630PM1070509657Dennis WhyteR_s3=70cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

Take acquisition for > 5 minutes to be
able to get time-averaged slope of deposition on qmb2



May 9 2007 09:55:26:367PM1070509658Dennis WhyteR_s3=65cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

relative size of "wiggles" on qmb2 decreased
absolute deposition rate down to ~ 2.5 nm in 180 s on qmb2
0.3 nm in 180 s on qmb1

divertor camera shows shadow of probe.




May 9 2007 09:57:59:570PM1070509659Dennis WhyteR_s3=60cm
R_res = 60 cm

orientation -80 degrees

wiggle is completely gone from qmb2

0.6 nm in 180 s on qmb1
1.4 nm in 180 s on qmb2


May 9 2007 10:12:40:403PM1070509661Dennis WhyteR_s3=58cm
R_res = 65 cm

orientation -80 degrees

Move the resonance 5 cm out to
see well inside Ec resonance location with S3

qmb signals essentially show zero change if not
decrease in thickness






May 9 2007 10:26:35:470PM1070509662Dennis WhyteR_s3=105cm

We are now satisfied that this is providing a fairly
localized boronization, so ee're setting the sweep
for the remainder of the BZN keeping only to the
inner wall to outer divertor region.

R_min = 45 cm
R_max = 65 cm
R_res = 55 cm
T_res 25 s
Tsweep 60 s

We took a S3 qmb run with it recessed to 105 cm to
see the effect of sweep.




Physics Operator Comments
May 9 2007 12:50:02:543PMJim Irby1145: EF4 power supply under remote control --- beginning system checkout with helium

12:02 helium bottle open to diborane system

12:09 helium into vessel

12:30 helium ecdc operational

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