1. Development of a dual frequency (110/138 GHz) gyrotron for JT-60SA and its extension to an oscillation at 82 GHz.
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Takayuki Kobayashi, Shinichi Moriyama, Akihiko Isayama, Masayuki Sawahata, Masayuki Terakado, Shinichi Hiranai, Kenji Wada, Yoshikatsu Sato, Jun Hinata, Kenji Yokokura, Katsumichi Hoshino, and Keishi Sakamoto
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GYROTRONS ,ELECTROMAGNETIC waves ,ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating ,ELECTRON cyclotron resonance sources ,OSCILLATIONS - Abstract
A dual-frequency gyrotron, which can generate 110 GHz and 138 GHz waves independently, is being developed in JAEA to enable electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (ECCD) in a wider range of plasma discharge conditions of JT-60SA. Conditioning operation of the gyrotron toward 1 MW for 100 s, which is the target output power and pulse length for JT-60SA, is in progress without significant problems. Oscillations of 1 MW for 10 s and 0.5 MW for 198 s were obtained, so far, at both frequencies. Cooling water temperatures in the gyrotron and matching optics unit were saturated in the 198 s oscillation, and the observed maximum water temperature is sufficiently low. In addition to the above activity on the dualfrequency gyrotron development, an oscillation (0.3 MW for 20 ms) at 82 GHz was demonstrated as an additional frequency of the dual-frequency gyrotron. A possibility of the use of fundamental harmonic wave at 82 GHz in JT-60SA has been shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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