KIT gyrotron development for future fusion applications

Author

Jelonnek, John ; Avramidis, K. ; Franck, Joachim ; Gantenbein, Gerd ; Hesch, K. ; Illy, Stefan ; Jin, J. ; Malygin, A. ; Pagonakis, Ioannis ; Rzesnicki, T. ; Samartsev, Andrey ; Scherer, Theo ; Schlaich, Andreas ; Schmid, Maurizio ; Strauss, Dirk ; Thumm,

Author_Institution

IHM, Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

1-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Europe is making a significant joint effort to develop high power microwave sources (gyrotrons) for nuclear fusion applications. KIT is taking a large part in this. It is involved into the developments for W7-X and ITER, and it is starting research for gyrotrons which, in future, shall operate at multi-megawatt levels at above 200 GHz and shall allow step-frequency tunability. To enable this, KIT is setting up a new gyrotron test facility. The presentation will provide a comprehensive overview on the 2013 status and plans of the gyrotron development at KIT.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor instrumentation; gyrotrons; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; Europe; ITER; KIT gyrotron development; W7-X; gyrotron test facility; high power microwave sources; multimegawatt levels; nuclear fusion applications; plasma heating; step-frequency tunability; Cavity resonators; Europe; Gyrotrons; Magnetic tunneling; Plasmas; Power generation; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mainz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665487

Filename

6665487