Realization of a Stable and Highly Efficient Gyrotron for Controlled Fusion Research
- 10 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (2) , 112-116
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.112
Abstract
The innovation of adding a beam prebunching section at the input to the cavity of a millimeter-wave gyrotron oscillator has yielded outstanding improvements in mode control and device efficiency. These results constitute a technological breakthrough which greatly improves prospects of developing gyrotrons with megawatt average power ratings as will be required for bulk heating of plasma in controlled thermonuclear reactors.Keywords
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