October 2022 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP 2022 | Poster
To better
understand the machine performance and to prepare for the design of TAE’s next generation
experiment Copernicus, a series of experiments with different field configuration and fueling
schemes have been carried out.
November 2020 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
C-2W is an advanced beam driven Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) fusion device [1], in which plasma sustainment with total temperature at 3keV has been demonstrated.
October 2019 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
30 ms steady state C-2W plasma sustainment has been achieved. 400 eV record electron temperature has been demonstrated.
October 2018 | K. Zhai | APS-DPP | Poster
5-channel bandpass filter polychromators (in collaboration with GA) Four spectral channels are optimized for electron temperature measurement from 10eV to 2keV.
October 2018 | K. Zhai | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper
TAE Technologies’ newly constructed C-2W experiment aims to improve the ion and electron temperatures in a sustained field-reversed configuration plasma.