The multiple gyrotron system on the DIII-D tokamak

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-273

  Lohr, John ^a   Cengher, Mirela ^a   Doane, John L ^a   Gorelov, Yuri A ^a   Moeller, Charles P ^a   Ponce, Dan ^a   Prater, Ron ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

DIII D tokamak; Electron cyclotron heating; Multiple gyrotron; rf sources

Indexed keywords

COUNTER CURRENT; CURRENT DRIVES; DIII-D TOKAMAK; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; GYROTRON SYSTEMS; HALF-PLANES; INJECTED ENERGY; LOW-FIELD SIDES; MULTIPLE GYROTRON; PLASMA SHOTS; RF SOURCES; RF-POWER; SECOND HARMONIC RESONANCE; VACUUM CHAMBERS;

CYCLOTRONS; GYROTRONS; HEATING; MICROWAVE TUBES; PLASMA HEATING; RESONANCE;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 79954441254     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9706-0     Document Type: Article

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