Performance of a remote steering antenna for ECRH/ECCD applications in ITER using a four-wall corrugated square waveguide

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1505-1512

  Kasparek, W ^a   Gantenbein, G ^a   Plaum, B ^a   Wacker, R ^a   Chirkov, A V ^b   Denisov, G G ^b   Kuzikov, S V ^b   Ohkubo, K ^c   Hollmann, F ^d   Wagner, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALORIMETERS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; NEUTRONS; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION;

REMOTE STEERING ANTENNAS; SQUARE WAVEGUIDES;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 10744223805     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/43/11/023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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