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Department of Physics and Engineering Physics Chijin Xiao

Research Area(s)

  • Plasma Physics
  • Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion
  • Applied Plasma Physics and Engineering

Biography

Dr. Xiao's research interests are plasma physics, controlled thermonuclear fusion, and applied plasma physics and technology. In collaboration Professor A. Hirose, Dr. Xiao has carried out various experiments on the Saskatchewan TORus-Modified (STOR-M) tokamak, the University of Saskatchewan Compact Torus Injector (USCTI) and the University of Saskatchewan Dense Plasma Focus (UofS-DPF) device.

Education

  • B.Sc. (USTC,Hefei, China) 1982
  • M.Sc. (USTC, Hefei, China) 1984
  • Dr. rer. nat. (RUB, Bochum, Germany) 1990

Research Area(s)

Tokamak Plasma Transport

Dr. Xiao's work on H-mode (improved confinement) discharge studies has contributed to better understanding of the fluctuation induced transport in a tokamak. The ohmic H-modes in STOR-M are induced by a short current pulse, electrode biasing, limited biasing, and compact torus injection.

Compact Torus Injector

Compact torus injection is an emerging new technique to fuel a large tokamak. Dr. Xiao has been responsible for design and fabrication of the University of Saskatchewan Compact Torus Injector. Tangential CT injection into STOR-M has triggered H-mode without disruption.

AC Tokamak Operation

Dr. Xiao has participated alternating current tokamak operation experiments on STOR-M. AC tokamak operation has advantages over conventional unipolar current operation because of effective Ohmic heating in a reactor.

Plasma Diagnostics

Dr. Xiao has expertise in plasma diagnostic instruments including Langmuir probes, magnetic probes, microwave and He-Ne laser interferometers, neutral beam, SXR detectors, spectroscopy, and pulsed power supply technology.

Applied Plasma Physics and Technology

Dr. Xiao is also working on plasma assisted syntheses of carbon-based materials such as carbon nanotubes and diamond films using hot filament and microwave CVD devices. The field electron emission properties of the films are also investigated. A dense plasma focus device has been built to investigate the feasibility of activation of short-lived isotopes used for medical imaging.

Recent Publications

2013 - 2018

  1. W. You, L. Hong, W.Z. Mao, W. Bai, C.Tu, B.Luo,Z. C. Li, Y. Adil, J. T. Hu, B. J. Xiao, Q. X. Yang, J. L. Xie, T. Lan, A. D. Liu, W. X. Ding, C. Xiao, W. D. Liu, Design of The Poloidal Field System for KTX, Plasma Sci. &Technol. (in print).
  2. R. A. Behbahani, A. Hirose and C. Xiao, Formation of a dual-stage pinch-accelerator in a Z-pinch (plasma focus) device, Europhysics Lett., 121, 25001 (2018), doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/121/25001
  3. C. Xiao, A. Rohollahi, T. Onchi, M. Dreval, S. Elgriw & A. Hirose, Momentum injection and repetitive CT operationExperiments, Rad. Effects and Defects in Solid, 172, 713-717 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2017.1398244
  4. S. Elgriw, M. Hubney, A. Hirose, C. Xiao, Effect of resonant magnetic perturbations on edge plasma parameters in the STOR-M tokamak, Rad. Effects and Defects in Solid 173, 31-44 (2018), doi: 10.1080/10420150.2018.1442458
  5. Debjyoti Basu, Masaru Nakajima, A.V. Melnikov, David McColl, Akbar Rohollahi, Sayf Elgriw, Chijin Xiao, Akira Hirose, Geodesic Acoustic Mode (GAM) like oscillations and RMP effect in theSTOR-M tokamak (Letter), Nucl. Fusion, (2017) https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa9a4f
  6. Sayf Elgriw, Joseph Adegun, Michael Patterson, Akbar Rohollahi, Debjyoti Basu, Masaru Nakajima, Kale Colville, Daniel Gomez, Chelsea Greenwald, Jiping Zhang, Akira Hirose, Chijin Xiao, Design of rotating resonant magnetic perturbation coil system in the STOR-M tokamak, Fusion Eng. Design, 123,148-152 (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.03.161
  7. Cui Tu, Hong Li, Adi Liu, Zichao Li, Yuan Zhang, Wei You, Mingsheng Tan, Bing Luo, Yolbarsop Adil, Jintong Hu, Yanqi Wu, Wentan Yan, Jinlin Xie, Tao Lan, Wenzhe Mao, Weixing Ding, Chijin Xiao, Ge Zhuang, and Wandong Liu, Determination of plasma displacement based on eddy current diagnostics for the Keda Torus eXperiment, Phys. of Plasmas, 24, 102518 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996546
  8. Cui Tu, Adi Liu, Zichao Li, Mingsheng Tan, Bing Luo, Wei You, Chenguang Li, Wei Bai, Chenshuo Fu, Fangcheng Huang, Bingjia Xiao, Biao Shen, Tonghui Shi, Dalong Chen, Wenzhe Mao, Hong Li, Jinglin Xie, Tao Lan, Weixing Ding, Chijin Xiao and Wandong Liu, Electromagnetic diagnostic system for the Keda Torus eXperiment, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 093513 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5003039
  9. Wandong Liu, Tao Lan, Wenzhe Mao, Hong Li, Jinlin Xie, Ahdi Liu, Shude Wan, Hai Wang, Jian Zheng, Xiaohui Wen, Haiyang Zhou,Wei You, Chenguang Li , Wei Bai, Cui Tu, Mingsheng Tan, Bing Luo, Chenshuo Fu, Fangcheng Huang, Hangqi Xu, Tijian Deng,Junfeng Zhu, Sen Zhang, Yolbarsop Adil, Jintong Hu, BingjiaXiao,Zhengping Luo, Huazhong Wang, Biao Shen, Peng Fu, Lei Yang,Yuntao Song, Qingxi Yang, Jinxing Zheng, Hao Xu, Ping Zhang, Chijin Xiao and Weixing Ding, Overview of Keda Torus eXperiment initial Results, Nucl. Fusion 57, 116038 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa7f21
  10. A. Rohollahi, S. Elgriw, D. Basu, S. Wolfe, A. Hirose and C. Xiao, Modification of toroidal flow velocity through momentum injection by compact torus injection into the STOR-M tokamak, Nucl. Fusion 57, 056023(2017), https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa64fb
  11. A. Rohollahi, S. Khatir, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Interaction between the compact tori and coated stainless steel samples, Rad. Effects and Defects in Solids 172, 119 ( 2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10420150.2017.1287185
  12. Y. L. Li, G. S. Xu, C. Xiao, H. Q. Wang, N. Yan, B. N. Wan, L. Chen, Y. L. Liu, H. Zhang, W. Zhang, L. Wang, G. H. Hu, R. Chen, J. C. Xu, Y. Ye, and J. Li, Retarding field analyzer for the EAST plasma boundary, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 123503 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4971317
  13. Zichao Li, Hong Li, Cui Tu, Jintong Hu, Wei You, Bing Luo, Mingsheng Tan, Yolbarsop Adil, Yanqi Wu, Biao Shen, Bingjia Xiao, Ping Zhang, Wenzhe Mao, Hai Wang, Xiaohui Wen, Haiyang Zhou, Jinlin Xie, Tao Lan, Adi Liu, Weixing Ding, Chijin Xiao, and Wandong Liu, The eddy current probe array for Keda Torus eXperiment, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 113503 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4966988
  14. Hai Liu, Zhipeng Chen, Ge Zhuang, Zhongyong Chen, and Chijin Xiao, A new application of retarding field analyzer for the electron and ion temperature measurement on the J-TEXT tokamak, �Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 11D444 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964441
  15. W. You, H. Li, M.S. Tan, M.J. Lu, Y.Q. Wu, W.Z. Mao, W. Bai, C. Tu, B. Luo,� Z.C. Liu, Y. Adil,� Y.T. Hu, Y.T. Song, Q.X. Yang, P. Zhang, J.L. Xie, T. Lan, A. Liu, W.X. Ding, C.J. Xiao, W.D. Liu, Design of a stabilizing shell for KTX, Fusion Eng. Design, 108, 28 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.04.019
  16. H. Liu, Z.P. Chen, G. Zhuang, Y. Sun, L.Z. Zhu, C.J. Xiao, J. Chen, Investigation of the Ion Energy Transport in the Scrape-Off Layer on the J-TEXT Tokamak Using a Retarding Field Analyzer, Fusion Sci. Technol. 18, 601 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1009-0630/18/6/04
  17. S. Elgriw, Y. Liu, A. Hirose, C. Xiao, Modification of plasma rotation with resonant magnetic perturbations in the STOR-M tokamak, Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion 58, 045002 (2016), doi:10.1088/0741-3335/58/4/045002
  18. A. Rohollahi, S. Elgriw, D. Basu, S. Wolfe, A. Hirose and C. Xiao, Modification of toroidal flow velocity through momentum Injection by compact torus injection into the STOR-M tokamak, Nucl. Fusion, 57, 056023 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa64fb
  19. T. Onchi, D. McColl, M. Dreval, A. Rohollahi, S. Wolfe, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Development towards a Repetitive Compact Torus Injector, IEEE Transactions Plasma Science 44, 195 (2016).
  20. R. A. Behbahani, A. Hirose and C. Xiao, Plasma heating and emission of runaway charged particles in a plasma focus device, Europhysics Lett. 113, 55001 (2016), doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/113/55001
  21. W. Bai, T.Lan, L. Yang, C. Xiao, W. Mao, W.You, C. Li, C. Tu, M. Tan, B. Luo, C. Fu, F. Huang, H. Xu,T. Deng, J. Zhu, P. Fu, X. Wen, H. Zhou, H. Wang, S. Wan, A. Liu, J. Xie, H. Li, W. Ding, W. Liu, Coupling circuit model and discharge waveform prediction for Keda Torus eXperiment , FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 100, 495-500 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.07.025
  22. S. Khatir, A. Hirose, C. Xiao, Characterization of physical and biomedical properties of nitrogenated diamond-like carbon films coated on polytetrafluoroethylene substrates ， DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 58, 205-213(2015). doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2015.08.003.
  23. O. Mitarai, C. Xiao, D. McColl, M. Dreval, A. Hirose and M. Peng, Plasma current start-up by the outer ohmic heating coils in the Saskatchewan TORus Modified (STOR-M) iron core tokamak, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 86, 33508-33508 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4915316.
  24. Y. L. Li, G. S. Xu, H. Q. Wang, C. Xiao, B. N. Wan, Z. Gao, R. Chen, L. Wang, K. F. Gan, J. H. Yang, X. J. Zhang, S. C. Liu, M. H. Li, S. Ding, N. Yan, W. Zhang, G.H. Hu, Y.L. Liu, L. M. Shao, J. Li, L. Chen, N. Zhao, J. C. Xu, Q.Q. Yang, H. Lan,Y. Ye, Fast electron flux driven by lower hybrid wave in the scrape-off layer,Phys. of Plasmas, 22, 022510 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4908542.
  25. R. A. Behbahani and C. Xiao, Common features of particle beams and x-rays generated in a low energy dens plasma focus device (Letter), Phys. of Plasmas, 22, 020708 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4913982.
  26. T. Onchi, D. McColl, M. Dreval, S. Wolfe, C. Xiao, A. Hirose, Design and implementation of fast charging circuit for repetitive compact torus injector, FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 89, 2559-2565 (2015), doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.06.019
  27. O. Mitarai, Y. Ding, M. Hubeny, Y. Lu, T. Onchi, D. McColl, C. Xiao and A. Hirose, 2014, Plasma current sustainment after iron core saturation in the STOR-M tokamak, Fusion Engineering and Design, 89, 2467-2471 (2014), doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.02.017
  28. Wandong Liu, Wenzhe Mao, Hong Li, Jinlin Xie, Tao Lan, Ahdi Liu, Shude Wan, Hai Wang, Jian Zheng, Xiaohui Wen, Haiyang Zhou, Wei You, Chenguang Li, Wei Bai, Cui Tu, Mingsheng Tan, Bing Luo, Chenshuo Fu, Fangcheng Huang, Bingjia Xiao, Zhengping Luo, Biao Shen, Peng Fu, Lei Yang, Yuntao Song, Qingxi Yang, Jinxing Zheng, Hao Xu, Ping Zhang, Chijin Xiao and Weixing Ding, Progress of the Keda Torus eXperiment Project in China: design and mission, Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion, 56 094009 (2014) (13pp), doi:10.1088/0741-3335/56/9/094009
  29. S. Khatir, A. Hirose, C. Xiao, Coating diamond-like carbon films on polymer substrates by inductively coupled plasma assisted sputtering, Surface & Coatings Technology, 253, 96-99 (2014) (4pp), doi:10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.05.020
  30. K. Kreuger, Z.H. Huang, M. Jiang, G.S. Xu, W. Zhang, H.Q. Wang, J. Cheng, W.Y. Hong, L.W. Yan and C. Xiao, Simultaneous ion temperature and flow measurements using a retarding field analyzer in the HL-2A tokamak, RADIATION EFFECTS AND DEFECTS IN SOLIDS 168, 776-788 (2013), DOI:10.1080/10420150.2013.831855
  31. M. Dreval, M. Hubeny, Y. Ding, T. Onchi, Y. Liu, K. Hthu, S. Gamudi, C. Xiao, and A. Hirose, Plasma confinement modification and convective transport suppression in the scrape-off layer using additional gas puffing in the STOR-M tokamak, Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion, 55, 035004 (2013), doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/3/035004
  32. T. Onchi, Y. Liu, M. Dreval, D. McColl, S. Elgriw, D. Liu, T. Asai, C. Xiao and A. Hirose, Effects of compact torus injection on toroidal flow in the STOR-M tokamak, Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion, 55, 035003 (2013) (10pp), doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/3/035003

Older Publications

 1987 - 2012

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