Development of Efficient FPGA-Based Multi-Channel Phase Meters for IR-Interferometers

Luis Esteban, Miguel Sanchez, Juan Antonio Lopez, Petra Kornejew, Matthias Hirsch, Octavio Nieto-Taladriz
2011 IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science  
Infrared (IR) interferometry is a method for measuring the line-electron density of fusión plasmas. The signiflcant performance achieved by FPGAs in solving digital signal processing tasks advocates the use of this type of technology in two-color IR interferometers of modern stellarators, such as the TJ-II (Madrid, Spain) and the future W7-X (Greifswald, Germany). In this work the implementation of a line-average electrón density measuring system in an FPGA device is described. Several
more » ... ions for multichannel systems are detailed and test results from the TJ-II as well as from a W7-X prototype are presented.
doi:10.1109/tns.2011.2159739 fatcat:pi4zex7qhzb53kj4tdufccddby