简介：Experimentsonlowerhybridwave(LHW)couplingwereinvestigatedintheHT-7tokamak.GoodcouplingofLHWplasmahasbeendemonstratedatdifferentconditionsintheHT-7tokamak.RelevantresultshaveprovedthatLHW-plasmacouplingisaffectedbythephasedifferencebetweenadjacentwaveguides.Furthermore,theedgedensityaroundthegrillandrelevantcouplingcanbeadjustedbychangingtheplasmalineaveragedensityorthegapvaluebetweentheLHgrillandthelastclosedfluxsurfaces(LCFS).ItisfoundthatthecouplingofLHWsbecomespoorwhentheedgedensityaroundtheLHgrillislargeenoughintheHT-7tokamak,andthatcouplingremainsgoodwithaproperedgedensity.WithincreasingLHWpower,itisalsofoundthatthereflectioncoefficients(RCs)increaseduetonon-lineareffectsunderconditionsoflowedgerecycling,butcandecreaseunderhighedgerecycling.Theedgedensitydependsmainlyonthecompetitionbetweentheponderomotiveforce(PMF)andtheedgerecyclingintensityintheHT-7tokamak.