The $Omega$-phase of the liquid sodium $alpha$-$Omega$ dynamo experiment at NMIMT in cooperation with LANL has successfully demonstrated the production of a high toroidal field, $B_{phi} simeq 8times B_r$ from the radial component of an applied poloidal magnetic field, $B_r$. This enhanced toroidal field is produced by rotational shear in stable Couette flow within liquid sodium at $Rm simeq 120$. The small turbulence in stable Taylor-Couette flow is caused by Ekman flow where $ (delta v/v)^2 sim 10^{-3} $. This high $Omega$-gain in low turbulence flow contrasts with a smaller $Omega$-gain in higher turbulence, Helmholtz-unstable shear flows. This result supports the ansatz that large scale astrophysical magnetic fields are created within semi-coherent large scale motions in which turbulence plays only a smaller diffusive role that enables magnetic flux linkage.
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