Title :
KIT gyrotron development for future fusion applications
Author :
Jelonnek, John ; Avramidis, K. ; Franck, Joachim ; Gantenbein, Gerd ; Hesch, K. ; Illy, Stefan ; Jin, J. ; Malygin, A. ; Pagonakis, Ioannis ; Rzesnicki, T. ; Samartsev, Andrey ; Scherer, Theo ; Schlaich, Andreas ; Schmid, Maurizio ; Strauss, Dirk ; Thumm,
Author_Institution :
IHM, Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Europe is making a significant joint effort to develop high power microwave sources (gyrotrons) for nuclear fusion applications. KIT is taking a large part in this. It is involved into the developments for W7-X and ITER, and it is starting research for gyrotrons which, in future, shall operate at multi-megawatt levels at above 200 GHz and shall allow step-frequency tunability. To enable this, KIT is setting up a new gyrotron test facility. The presentation will provide a comprehensive overview on the 2013 status and plans of the gyrotron development at KIT.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor instrumentation; gyrotrons; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; Europe; ITER; KIT gyrotron development; W7-X; gyrotron test facility; high power microwave sources; multimegawatt levels; nuclear fusion applications; plasma heating; step-frequency tunability; Cavity resonators; Europe; Gyrotrons; Magnetic tunneling; Plasmas; Power generation; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665487
