Design of circular corrugated waveguides to transmit millimeter waves at ITER

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-173

  Doane, J L ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrugated waveguide; Millimeter waves; Overmoded waveguide

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH;

CIRCULAR CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTER CODE; OVERMODED WAVEGUIDE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 38949102255     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-A1662     Document Type: Article

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