Operation of the multi-frequency ECRH system at ASDEX upgrade

Author

Wagner, D. ; Stober, J. ; Leuterer, F. ; Monaco, F. ; Müller, S. ; Münich, M. ; Schubert, M. ; Schütz, H. ; Zohm, H. ; Thumm, M. ; Scherer, T. ; Meier, A. ; Strauss, D. ; Gantenbein, G. ; Flamm, J. ; Kasparek, W. ; Höhnle, H. ; Lechte, C. ; Litvak, A.G. ;

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fur Plasmaphysik, EURATOM-IPP, Garching, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

2-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A multi-frequency Electron Cyclotron Heating (ECRH) system is in operation at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, currently employing three depressed collector gyrotrons, operating at 105 and 140 GHz. The system offers a high flexibility for a variety of plasma heating and current drive experiments including remotely controlled fast beam steering and modulation.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; ASDEX Upgrade tokamak; current drive experiments; depressed collector gyrotrons; frequency 105 GHz; frequency 140 GHz; multifrequency ECRH system operation; multifrequency electron cyclotron heating system; plasma heating; remotely controlled fast beam modulation; remotely controlled fast beam steering; Gyrotrons; Heating; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Particle beams; Plasmas; Power transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

2162-2027

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0510-6

Electronic_ISBN

2162-2027

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105142

Filename

6105142