European high-power CW gyrotron development for ECRH systems

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 387-397

  Albertia, S ^a   Arnold, A ^b   Borie, E ^b   Dammertz, G ^b   Erckmann, V ^c   Garin, P ^d   Giguet, E ^e   Illy, S ^b   Le Cloarec, G ^e   Le Goff, Y ^e   Magne, R ^d   Michel, G ^c   Piosczyk, B ^b   Tran, C ^e   Tran, M Q ^a   Thumm, M ^b   Wagner, D ^f  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^d IRFM   (France)

^e Thomson Tubes Electroniques   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECRH systems; High power CW gyrotron

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; PLASMA HEATING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE GYROTRONS;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

EID: 0345721292     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00514-7     Document Type: Article

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