Method and apparatus for preventing cyclotron breakdown in partially evacuated waveguide

Patent · Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6684974

Moeller, C P

It is an object of this invention to provide a method and apparatus for preventing cyclotron breakdown in a partially evacuated waveguide used to insert microwave energy for electron cyclotron heating in a plasma magnetic confinement device. An electrostatic field is applied along a section of such a waveguide in order to run seed electrons into the wall of the waveguide.

• Research Organization: General Atomics Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-84ER51044
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): 4,687,616
• Application Number: 06/818,946
• OSTI ID: 6684974
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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