Ordinary-Mode Fundamental Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Absorption and Emission in the Princeton Large Torus

Fundamental electron-cyclotron resonance damping for 4-mm waves with ordinary polarization as well as blackbody emission is measured along the midplane of the plasma in the Princeton Large Torus. Optical depths obtained from the data are in good agreement with those predicted by hot-plasma theory. The use of ordinary-mode fundamental electron-cyclotron resonance heating in existing and future toroidal devices is supported by these results.