Abstract: O-mode reflectometry, a technique to diagnose fusion plasmas, is foreseen as a source of real-time (RT) plasma position and shape measurements for control purposes in the coming generation of machines such as DEMO. It is, thus, of paramount importance to predict the behavior and capabilities of these new reflectometry systems using synthetic diagnostics. The use of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) time-dependent codes permits a comprehensive description of reflectometry, including aspects such as propagation in the plasma, the system locati...
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