Nonlinear saturation of toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes (TAE) via mode - mode couplings is investigated both analytically and numerically. It is demonstrated that, as the TAE mode amplitude increases, the corresponding nonlinear ponderomotive force produces a fine-structure density modulation, which then causes enhanced energy dissipation in the short scales and leads eventually to the nonlinear saturation of TAE.
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