High-power gyrotrons for electron cyclotron heating and current drive

MKA Thumm, GG Denisov, K Sakamoto… - Nuclear Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In many tokamak and stellarator experiments around the globe that are investigating energy
production via controlled thermonuclear fusion, electron cyclotron heating and current drive …

[HTML][HTML] Design considerations for future DEMO gyrotrons: A review on related gyrotron activities within EUROfusion

J Jelonnek, G Aiello, S Alberti, K Avramidis… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Long-term options for a steady-state DEMOnstration power plant may require the availability
of gyrotrons with an operating frequency significantly above 200 GHz together with an RF …

Principal enhancement of THz-range gyrotron parameters using injection locking

VL Bakunin, GG Denisov… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a robust way of advancement of the gyrotrons into the region of terahertz
frequencies and MW-level power of radiation while retaining high efficiency and high …

Systematic cavity design approach for a multi-frequency gyrotron for DEMO and study of its RF behavior

PC Kalaria, KA Avramidis, J Franck, G Gantenbein… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
High frequency (> 230 GHz) megawatt-class gyrotrons are planned as RF sources for
electron cyclotron resonance heating and current drive in DEMOnstration fusion power …

Design of master oscillator for frequency locking of a complex of megawatt level microwave sources

GG Denisov, AN Kuftin, VN Manuilov… - Microwave and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present the results of the development of a highly stable gyrotron (with long‐term
stability of an operating frequency of 170 GHz being equal to 10− 9) for experiments on …

Realistic design studies on a 300-GHz, 1-MW, DEMO-class conventional-cavity gyrotron

D Mondal, S Yuvaraj, M Rawat… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the realistic initial design studies of a 300-GHz, 1-MW, conventional-
cavity gyrotron for its probable application in the next-generation thermonuclear fusion …

Multiphysics modeling of insert cooling system for a 170-GHz, 2-MW long-pulse coaxial-cavity gyrotron

PC Kalaria, M George, S Illy… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-power, high-frequency gyrotrons are the only promising sources for the electron
cyclotron resonance heating and current drive (ECRH&CD) in the present thermonuclear …

Phase locking of a gyrotron with low-frequency voltage and current fluctuations by an external monochromatic signal

VL Bakunin, GG Denisov, YV Novozhilova - Radiophysics and Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
We show that during phase locking of the oscillations of a megawatt-level gyrotron by a
relatively weak external monochromatic signal, the phase and frequency modulation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Influences of distributed losses on start current, quality factor Q and frequency in multi-mode multi-frequency coaxial gyrotrons

M Qin, Y Li, Y Zhang, X Wang, X Gao… - Infrared Physics & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary problem that gyrotrons encounter is mode competition during their
development, especially multi-mode multi-frequency gyrotrons. In this paper, the influence of …

Effect of Non-Ideal Electron Beam Characteristics on the Performance of a Megawatt-Power Gyrotron with an External Monochromatic Signal

VL Bakunin, MY Glyavin, GG Denisov… - Journal of Infrared …, 2023 - Springer
We analyze the effect of non-ideal characteristics of a tubular electron beam (spread of initial
transverse velocities, finite beam thickness, displacement, and misalignment of the electron …