Development of a 140-GHz 1-MW continuous wave gyrotron for the W7-X stellarator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 808-818

  Dammertz, Günter ^a   Alberti, S ^b   Arnold, Andreas ^a,c   Borie, Edith ^a   Erckmann, V ^d   Gantenbein, Gerd ^e   Giguet, E ^f   Heidinger, Roland ^a   Hogge, J P ^b   Illy, Stefan ^a   Kasparek, Walter ^e   Koppenburg, Kai ^a   Kuntze, Michael ^a   Laqua, H P ^d   LeCloarec, G ^f   LeGoff, Y ^f   Leonhardt, Wolfgang ^a   Lievin, C ^f   Magne, R ^g   Michel, G ^d   Müller, Günter ^e   Neffe, Günter ^a   Piosczyk, Bernhard ^a   Schmid, Martin ^a   Schworer K ^e   Thumm, Manfred K ^a,c   Tran, M Q ^b   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^f THALES   (France)

^g IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

Beam tunnel; Depressed collector; Diamond window; Electron gun; Gyrotron; High power microwaves

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON GUNS; FUSION REACTIONS; PLASMA HEATING;

BEAM TUNNELS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0036627330     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801509     Document Type: Article

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