Transmission line technology for electron cyclotron heating

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-53

  Doane, J L ^a   Olstad, R A ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron heating; Millimeter waves; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; GYROTRONS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PLASMA SOURCES;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING; FREE-SPACE PROPAGATION;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 38949188900     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-35     Document Type: Article

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