India is responsible for the supply of diagnostic neutral beam systems for ITER to diagnose
its helium ash during the deuterium–tritium plasma phase using the charge exchange …

Combined with two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis
and preliminary experimental tests, the effects of size and placement of the electromagnetic …

ROBIN, the first step in the Indian R&D program on negative ion beams has reached an
important milestone, with the production of negative ions in the surface conversion mode …

The RF based negative ion source experimental facility ROBIN has been setup to
understand and investigate the different issues related to production, transport and …

Multidriver-based radio-frequency (RF) ion sources have emerged as the most promising
option for producing the plasma in large ion sources required for fusion applications. In …

The Indian test facility (INTF) is a R&D facility under development at the Institute for Plasma
Research, Gandhinagar, as part of the neutral beam development from negative ion source …

Faraday shield is a thin copper structure with a large number of slits which is usually used in
inductive coupled plasma (ICP) sources. RF power is coupled into the plasma through these …

ITER reference design, an inductively coupled single driver RF (100 kW, 1 MHz)-source
ROBIN is operational at IPR, Gandhinagar. The first phase of the operation yielded H-current …

The responsibilities of ITER-India include a mix of precision, heavy, R&D intensive and
interface intensive systems, under the built-to-print and functional systems categories. In …

TWIN source is a two driver based negative ion source currently operational at IPR. The two
driver RF negative ion source test bed to extract and accelerate H-ion beams up to 50 keV …