The Progress in the Development of Gyrotrons for Plasma Installations in Russia

Gyrotrons for plasma fusion installations operated at frequencies 40–170 GHz with an output power up to 1 MW are presented. Some novel ideas are proposed to enhance gyrotron output energy, efficiency, frequency spectrum. In the collaboration between the Institute of Applied Physics and industrial company GYCOM Ltd the series of gyrotrons for plasma installations has been realized. The brightest examples are 170 GHz gyrotrons for ITER, long-pulse 140 GHz gyrotrons developed for EAST and KSTAR installations, 82.6 GHz for T-15MD tokamak, 28 GHz and 45 GHz complex for modern electron cyclotron resonance ion sources (ECRIS) facilities. Some steps were done in development of 230–700 GHz gyrotrons for future plasma installations and for plasma diagnostics.