The nonlinear coupling between small scale high-frequency turbulence and larger scale lower-frequency fluctuations increases transiently in transitions to improved confinement in the DIII-D tokamak. This increase starts before the rapid turbulence suppression and E x B shear-flow development in the region that becomes the H-mode transport barrier/shear flow region. After the transition, the coupling returns to L-mode levels. These results are consistent with expectations for spontaneous transitions to improved confinement triggered by a turbulence-driven sheared flow.
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