Concept design of the megawatt power level gyrotron stabilized by a low-power signal for DEMO project

The specific features of the main components of the new powerful 230 GHz/80 kV/40 A gyrotron aimed to use in the future control fusion facility DEMO are described. The gyrotron design provides a stable output power generation of more than 1 MW using a superconducting magnet with a moderate size warm bore. Furthermore, the new original quasi-optical converter providing the gyrotron operation in three possible regimes—two free oscillation regimes with co-rotating TE33,13 or counter-rotating TE33,−13 mode, and the regime with frequency locking by the stable input signal—is suggested and optimized. The Gaussian content in the output wave-beam in all above-mentioned regimes is about 98%.

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