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Numerical Design of Megawatt Gyrotron with 120 GHz Frequency and 50% Efficiency for Plasma Fusion Application

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The design of 120 GHz, 1 MW gyrotron for plasma fusion application is presented in this paper. The mode selection is carried out considering the aim of minimum mode competition, minimum cavity wall heating, etc. On the basis of the selected operating mode, the interaction cavity design and beam-wave interaction computation are carried out by using the PIC code. The design of triode type Magnetron Injection Gun (MIG) is also presented. Trajectory code EGUN, synthesis code MIGSYN and data analysis code MIGANS are used in the MIG designing. Further, the design of MIG is also validated by using the another trajectory code TRAK. The design results of beam dumping system (collector) and RF window are also presented. Depressed collector is designed to enhance the overall tube efficiency. The design study confirms >1 MW output power with tube efficiency around 50% (with collector efficiency).

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The authors are pleased to acknowledge the support of Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Director, CEERI Pilani and Dr. SN Joshi, National Coordinator of Gyrotron project. The authors also wish to thank to the team members of gyrotron for helpful discussions. Thanks are also due to CSIR for funding this project and awarding the Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) to the corresponding author.

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  1. Gyrotron Laboratory, MWT Area, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI, CSIR), Pilani, 333031, India

    Nitin Kumar, Udaybir Singh, Anil Kumar, Ranajoy Bhattacharya & A. K. Sinha

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Kumar, N., Singh, U., Kumar, A. et al. Numerical Design of Megawatt Gyrotron with 120 GHz Frequency and 50% Efficiency for Plasma Fusion Application. J Fusion Energ 32, 20–27 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-012-9516-6

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