Breaking the Megawatt Barrier in the Millimeter Wave Band for Continuous Wave Devices: Test Results of the THALES TH1507U 140 GHz 1.5 MW CW Industrial Gyrotron
The first 140 GHz 1.5 MW CW (1800 s) industrial gyrotron (TH1507U), manufactured by THALES for the W7-X stellarator, has established a worldwide record in its category by demonstrating 1.3 MW output power in long pulse operation. The main features of the industrial unit and the achieved performances are briefly discussed.
Authors
- Zisis C. Ioannidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-9111)
- T. Stange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-1455)
- Konstantinos A. Avramidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-0468)
- Sergey Ponomarenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-9329)
- G. Gantenbein
- Alberto Leggieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9119-6840)
- M. Thumm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-3166)
- D. Moseev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-8565)
- Benjamin Ell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6429-0778)
- Ioannis G. Tigelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8635-7726)
- Gerald Lietaer
- T. Rzesnicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4502-8782)
- Sebastian Stanculovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-6410)
- Frank Hollmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-756X)
- L. Krier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-1074)
- Rosa Difonzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3235-9873)
- H. P. Laqua
- Ioannis Chelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2997-2586)
- Lukas Feuerstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-034X)
- R. C. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-5289)
- F. Noke
- François Legrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9397-9743)
- Eleonora Gajetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-7223)
- S. Marsen
- Etienne Vallée
- S. Illy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7242-1531)
- John Jelonnek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0531-7600)
- J. Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-7411)
- Ijaze M. Oumar
- Jérémy Gontard
- Christophe Liévin
- Rodolphe Marchesin
- David Quetel
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
- Thales (Portugal) (PT)
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald (DE)
- Frontier Science Foundation-Hellas (GR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ivec63678.2025.11115460
- Primary Topic
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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