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Wave Propagation in Advanced Gyrotron Output Couplers

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In this paper, we present an FFT based method for fast calculation in a mode converting overmoded circular waveguide with adaptive surface perturbations. The results of this method are compared with those of an existing integral equation approach.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Rudolf Schneider and Dr. Stefan Kern for many fruitfull discussions.

This work was supported by Fusion for Energy under Grant F4E-2008-GRT-049 (PMS-H.CD)-01 and within the European GYrotron Consortium (EGYC). The view and opinions expressed herein do not necesserarily reflect those of the European Commission. The European Gyrotron Consortium (EGYC) is a collaboration among CRPP, Switzerland; KIT/FZK, Germany; HELLAS, Greece and CNR, Italy.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Association EURATOM-KIT, Institute of High Frequency Techniques und Electronics, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jens H. Flamm

  2. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Association EURATOM-KIT, Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jianbo Jin & Manfred K. Thumm

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Flamm, J.H., Jin, J. & Thumm, M.K. Wave Propagation in Advanced Gyrotron Output Couplers. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 32, 887–896 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-011-9800-y

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