Advanced Simulation of ITER Core X-ray Crystal Spectroscopy

X-Ray Simulation Analysis (XRSA) is an analytical ray-tracing mixed code developed specifically for the ITER Core X-Ray Crystal Spectroscopy (XRCS-Core) diagnostic, which employs a dual-reflection configuration incorporating multiple pre-reflectors made of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) and spherically curved analyzing crystals. The ITER XRCS-Core is designed for high spectral resolution measurement in specific wavelength ranges, including narrow bands around 1.354 Å for W⁶⁴⁺, 2.19 Å for Xe⁵¹⁺, and 2.555 Å for Xe⁴⁴⁺ and Xe⁴⁷⁺, enabling diagnostic capability across a broad electron temperature range in the ITER plasma. XRSA facilitates efficient simulation of the spectral performance of this complex X-ray spectroscopic system. Recent updates to the XRSA code have incorporated two critical effects: auto-focusing, which specifically applies to HOPG, and polarization. These two effects are particularly important in the dual-reflection configuration used in the ITER XRCS-Core system to provide more accurate modeling results. Simulations conducted with the updated code demonstrate that polarization has a substantial impact on the performance of the dual-reflection system. Additionally, the combined influence of polarization and system layout introduces performance variations across channels through the same crystal.