Digital data for the paper: Initial operation and data processing on a system for real-time evaluation of Thomson scattering signals on the Large Helical Device K.C. Hammond, F.M. Laggner, A. Diallo, S. Doskoczynski, C. Freeman, H. Funaba, D.A. Gates, R. Rozenblat, G. Tchilinguirian, Z. Xing, I. Yamada, R. Yasuhara, G. Zimmer, and E. Kolemen Contact: khammond@pppl.gov ================================================================================ Figure 1 fig1.csv: data table with transmissivity spectra for a sample polychromator and Thomson scattering spectra for selected electron temperatures. The columns are as follows: wvl: wavelength (nm) chan1: transmissivity spectrum for polychromator channel 1 (A.U.) chan2: transmissivity spectrum for polychromator channel 2 (A.U.) chan3: transmissivity spectrum for polychromator channel 3 (A.U.) chan4: transmissivity spectrum for polychromator channel 4 (A.U.) chan5: transmissivity spectrum for polychromator channel 5 (A.U.) te1: scattering spectrum for a temperature of 50 eV (A.U.) te2: scattering spectrum for a temperature of 500 eV (A.U.) te3: scattering spectrum for a temperature of 5 keV (A.U.) ================================================================================ Figure 2 fig2abc_data.csv: Example raw polychromator data from a SINGLE laser pulse as shown in subplots (a), (b), and (c). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) signal: signal (V) fig2def_data.csv: Example raw polychromator data from a DOUBLE laser pulse as shown in subplots (d), (e), and (f). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) signal: signal (V) fig2a_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the peak detection method for the SINGLE-pulse example in subplot (a). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) model: peak value identified (V) bkg: background level (V) fig2b_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the numerical integration method for the SINGLE-pulse example in subplot (b). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) model: subset of data points used for the integration (V) bkg: background level (V) fig2c_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the Gaussian curve-fitting method for the SINGLE-pulse example in subplot (c). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) model: fit curve (V) bkg: background level, equal to p_1 in Eq. 2 (V) fig2d_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the peak detection method for the DOUBLE-pulse example in subplot (d). The columns are as follows time: time point (ns) model: peak value identified (V) bkg: background level (V) fig2e_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the numerical integration method for the DOUBLE-pulse example in subplot (e). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) model: subset of data points used for the integration (V) bkg: background level (V) fig2f_model.csv: Parameters derived according to the Gaussian curve-fitting method for the DOUBLE-pulse example in subplot (c). The columns are as follows: time: time point (ns) model: fit curve (V) bkg: background level, equal to p_1 in Eq. 3 (V) ================================================================================ Figure 3 fig3_spec.csv: Expected relative signals from each polychromator channel F_i as defined in Eq. 1. The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_spec: F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_spec_err: Uncertainty in F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_spec: F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_spec_err: Uncertainty in F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_spec: F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_spec_err: Uncertainty in F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_spec: F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_spec_err: Uncertainty in F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_spec: F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_spec_err: Uncertainty in F_i (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3a_sing.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for SINGLE laser pulses using the peak detection method The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3a_doub.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for DOUBLE laser pulses using the peak detection method The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3b_sing.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for SINGLE laser pulses using numerical integration The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3b_doub.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for DOUBLE laser pulses using numerical integration The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3b_sing.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for SINGLE laser pulses using Gaussian curve fitting The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 fig3b_doub.csv: Scaled signal levels s_i/c, as defined in Eq. 1, derived for for DOUBLE laser pulses using Gaussian curve fitting The columns are as follows: te: Electron temperature (keV) chan1_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan1_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 1 chan2_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan2_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 2 chan3_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan3_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 3 chan4_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan4_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 4 chan5_sig: s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 chan5_sig_err: Uncertainty in s_i/c (A.U.) for polychromator channel 5 ================================================================================ Figure 4 fig4a.txt: histogram data of evaluation times for signals arising from single laser pulses. First column: bin centers (ms) Second column: number of counts fig4b.txt: histogram data of evaluation times for signals arising from double laser pulses. First column: bin centers (ms) Second column: number of counts ================================================================================ Figure 5 fig5ad.csv: table of values from the database of plasma measurements evaluated using the peak detection method, as shown in subplots (a) and (d). The columns are as follows: te_ref: Electron temperature (keV) calculated by the standard LHD post-processing routines dte_ref: Uncertainty in electron temperature (keV) calculated by the standard LHD post-processing routines ne_ref: Electron density (m^-3) calculated by the standard LHD post-processing routines dne_ref: Uncertainty in electron density (m^-3) calculated by the standard LHD post-processing routines te_rt: Electron temperature (keV) calculated by the real-time software dte_rt: Uncertainty in electron temperature (keV) calculated by the real-time software ne_rt: Electron density (m^-3) calculated by the real-time software dne_rt: Uncertainty in electron density (m^-3) calculated by the real-time software isDouble: 1 if the calculated values came from a double laser pulse; 0 if they came from a single laser pulse fig5be.csv: table of values from the database of plasma measurements evaluated using direct numerical integration, as shown in subplots (b) and (e). Format is the same as for fig5ad.csv (see above). fig5cf.csv: table of values from the database of plasma measurements evaluated using direct Gaussian curve fitting, as shown in subplots (c) and (f). Format is the same as for fig5ad.csv (see above). ================================================================================