A Visible Light Imaging System for the Estimation of Plasma Vertical Displacement in J-TEXT

A wide-viewing-angle visible light imaging system (VLIS) was mounted on the Joint Texas Experimental Tokamak (J-TEXT) to monitor the discharge process. It is proposed that by using the film data recorded the plasma vertical displacement can be estimated. In this paper installation and operation of the VLIS are presented in detailed. The estimated result is further compared with that measured by using an array of magnetic pickup coils. Their consistency verifies that the estimation of the plasma vertical displacement in J-TEXT by using the imaging data is promising.