title: Polarimeter for the General Fusion SPECTOR machine.
abstract: A polarimeter has been designed to measure Faraday rotation and help to understand the profile of its safety factor, q, on the recently built SPECTOR magnetized target fusion machine at General Fusion. The polarimeter uses two counter-rotating, circularly polarized, 118.8 μm beams to probe the plasma. Grad-Shafranov simulations have been used to investigate the effect of measurement error and chord geometry.
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carle
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Froese
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Shea
authors.affiliation: General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia V3N4T5, Canada.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laberge