Christian Schlatter

Nationality: Suisse

EPFL SB SPC-GE
PPB 325 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

plasma physics nuclear fusion particle diagnostics web technologies server administration

Mission

Manage projects in relation to the ITER fusion reactor (contracts with ITER organization and Fusion 4 Energy). Project Office for CRPP and the fusion consortia ECHUL, EGYC and ITERMAG. Development of a quality management system for the CRPP.

Web ressources

Education

degree in electronics

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1996 – 1996 LWB Bern

Master in Physics

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2003 – 2003 EPFL Lausanne

Doctor of Science

| Physics

2009 – 2009 EPFL Lausanne
Directed by Dr Basil Paul DUVAL

Professionals experiences

Teacher

Research and teaching assistant

Leader of the Project Management Office at CRPP

Infoscience

Recent experiments with the European 1MW, 170GHz industrial CW and short-pulse gyrotrons for ITER

Z. C. IoannidisF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. A. AvramidisW. Bin  et al.

Fusion Engineering And Design. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.065.

A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable

A. MarcoA. J. GarridoS. CodaI. GarridoJ. Ahn  et al.

Complexity. 2019. DOI : 10.1155/2019/2319560.

Report of recent experiments with the European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW and SP prototype gyrotrons for ITER

Z. IoannidisT. RzesnickiF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. Avramidis  et al.

2019. 20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC), Greifswald, GERMANY, May 14-17, 2018. DOI : 10.1051/epjconf/201920304006.

Sliding Surface Based Schemes for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable

A. MarcoI. GarridoA. J. GarridoS. CodaJ. Ahn  et al.

2018. World Automation Congress (WAC), Stevenson, WA, Jun 03-06, 2018. p. 253 - 258. DOI : 10.23919/WAC.2018.8430383.

LTCC and thick-film ceramic magnetic sensors for tokamak nuclear fusion

T. MaederC. JacqD. TestaM. ToussaintM. Stöck  et al.

2016. Eurosensors 2016, Budapest (HU), 4-7.9.2016. p. 646 - 649. DOI : 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.235.

Development of the ITER Continuous External Rogowski: From conceptual design to final design

P. MoreauP. SpuigA. Le-LuyerP. MalardB. Cantone  et al.

2015. 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), San Sebastian, SPAIN, SEP 29-OCT 03, 2014. p. 878 - 881. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.04.047.

Status of the development of the EU 170 GHz/1 MW/CW gyrotron

I. G. PagonakisF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. AvramidisT. Bonicelli  et al.

2015. 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), San Sebastian, SPAIN, SEP 29-OCT 03, 2014. p. 149 - 154. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.02.050.

The dependence of the proton-triton thermo-nuclear fusion reaction rate on the temperature and total energy content of the high-energy proton distribution function

D. TestaC. SchlatterM. Cecconello

Nuclear Fusion. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/49/6/062004.

Turbulent ion heating in TCV tokamak plasmas

C. Schlatter / B. Duval (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4479.

First measurements of oblique ECE with a real-time moveable line-of-sight on TCV

T. P. GoodmanV. S. UdintsevI. KlimanovA. MueckO. Sauter  et al.

2008. 14th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Santorini, GREECE, May 9-12, 2006. p. 196 - 207. DOI : 10.13182/FST08-A1665.

Co- and Counter - viewing oblique ECE measurements during ECH and ECCD on the TCV tokamak

T. GoodmanV. UdintsevF. FeliciC. ZuccaC. Schlatter

2007. 34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Warsaw Congress Centre, Poland, 2007-07-02.

Ion Temperature Fluctuations in ELMy H-mode of the X3 EC-heated Plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. Schlatter

Recent electron cyclotron emission results on TCV

V. S. UdintsevG. TurriE. AspC. SchlatterT. P. Goodman  et al.

Fusion Science and Technology. 2007. DOI : 10.13182/FST07-A1495.

Ion Temperature Fluctuations in ELMy H-mode of the X3 EC-heated Plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. Schlatter

2007. International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas (PLASMA-2007), Greifswald, Germany, 2007-10-16. p. 219 - 222. DOI : 10.1063/1.2909113.

Ion-Acoustic Turbulence in ECCD-driven TCV plasmas

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. KarpushovT. Goodman

49th APS Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2007-11-12.

Proton-triton nuclear reaction in ICRF heated plasmas in JET

M. I. K. SantalaM. J. MantsinenL. BertalotS. ConroyV. Kiptily  et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/48/8/012.

Conditions for anomalous energy and momentum transfer from electrons to ions in ECCD discharges on TCV

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. KarpushovE. AspS. Coda  et al.

2006. 33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics.

Energetic Ion-driven instabilities on JET and on MAST

S. SharapovB. AlperV. KiptilyS. HacquinC. Schlatter

2006. 48th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-10-30.

Reconstruction of ion temperature profiles from single chord NPA measurements on the TCV tokamak

C. SchlatterB. P. DuvalA. N. Karpushov

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/48/12/006.

Non-Maxwellian Ion Energy Distribution in ECH-heated plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalT. GoodmanC. Schlatter

2006. 33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, Italy, 2006-06-19.

Neutral particle analyzer diagnostics on the TCV tokamak

A. N. KarpushovB. P. DuvalC. SchlatterV. I. AfanasyevF. V. Chernyshev

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2006. DOI : 10.1063/1.2185151.

Gamma ray spectrometry in tokamaks

C. Schlatter

2006

Non-Maxwellian Ion Energy Distribution in ECH-heated plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalT. GoodmanC. Schlatter

33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, Italy, 2006-06-19.

Particle and impurity transport in electron-heated discharges in TCV

H. WeisenA. ZabolotskyM. MaslovM. BernardA. Bortolon  et al.

2006. 21th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China, 2006-10-16.

Particle and Impurity Transport in Electron-Heated Discharges in TCV

A. ZabolotskyM. BernardA. BortolonB. DuvalE. Fable  et al.

2006. 21th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China, 2006-10-16.

Determination of the Radial Profile of Hydrogen Isotope Composition in TCV plasmas

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. SchlatterH. WeisenV. Afanasyev  et al.

32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Tarragona, Spain, 2005-06-27.

Safety factor profile requirements for electron ITB formation in TCV

T. P. GoodmanR. BehnY. CamenenS. CodaE. Fable  et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2005. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S09.

Reconstruction of hydrogenic ion temperature profiles on TCV

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. Karpushov

2005. 32nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion combined with the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets.

Creating an XML Driven Data Bus between Fusion Experiments

J. ListerL. AppelG. HuysmansC. SchlatterW. Suttrop

2005. ICALEPCS 2005, Geneva, 2005-10-10.

Determination of the Radial Profile of Hydrogen Isotope Composition in TCV plasmas

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. SchlatterH. WeisenV. Afanasyev  et al.

2005. 32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Tarragona, Spain, 2005-06-27.

Error estimation and parameter dependence of the calculation of the fast ion distribution function, temperature, and density using data from the KF1 high energy neutral particle analyzer on Joint European Torus

C. SchlatterD. TestaM. CecconelloA. MurariM. Santala

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2004. DOI : 10.1063/1.1788874.

Error analysis and parametric study of the JET high energy NPA

C. SchlatterM. CecconelloD. TestaA. MurariM. Santala

2004. HTPD Conference 2004.

pT fusion by RF-heated protons in JET trace tritium discharges

M. SantalaM. MantsinenY. BaranovP. BeaumontP. Belo  et al.

2004. Europhysics Conference ECA.

Stability of the internal kink mode for JET plasma scenarios described by an extended energy principle including kinetic additions

C. Schlatter

2004

Radiation Losses Study on the Tokamak T-10 Using AXUV-Detectors

N. TimchenkoL. KhimchenkoD. SarichevC. Schlatter

2003. Europhysics Conference ECA.

Study of magnetic flux shaped base functions for tomography (TCV diagnostics - semestrial report)

C. Schlatter

2002

TCV Diagnostics documentation - Fast-Algorithm Bolometric Computer Aided Tomography (FABCAT)

C. SchlatterJ. Mlynar

2002

Journal Articles

2019

Recent experiments with the European 1MW, 170GHz industrial CW and short-pulse gyrotrons for ITER

Z. C. IoannidisF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. A. AvramidisW. Bin  et al.

Fusion Engineering And Design. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.065.

A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable

A. MarcoA. J. GarridoS. CodaI. GarridoJ. Ahn  et al.

Complexity. 2019. DOI : 10.1155/2019/2319560.

2009

The dependence of the proton-triton thermo-nuclear fusion reaction rate on the temperature and total energy content of the high-energy proton distribution function

D. TestaC. SchlatterM. Cecconello

Nuclear Fusion. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/49/6/062004.

2007

Recent electron cyclotron emission results on TCV

V. S. UdintsevG. TurriE. AspC. SchlatterT. P. Goodman  et al.

Fusion Science and Technology. 2007. DOI : 10.13182/FST07-A1495.

2006

Proton-triton nuclear reaction in ICRF heated plasmas in JET

M. I. K. SantalaM. J. MantsinenL. BertalotS. ConroyV. Kiptily  et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/48/8/012.

Reconstruction of ion temperature profiles from single chord NPA measurements on the TCV tokamak

C. SchlatterB. P. DuvalA. N. Karpushov

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2006. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/48/12/006.

Neutral particle analyzer diagnostics on the TCV tokamak

A. N. KarpushovB. P. DuvalC. SchlatterV. I. AfanasyevF. V. Chernyshev

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2006. DOI : 10.1063/1.2185151.

2005

Safety factor profile requirements for electron ITB formation in TCV

T. P. GoodmanR. BehnY. CamenenS. CodaE. Fable  et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2005. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S09.

2004

Error estimation and parameter dependence of the calculation of the fast ion distribution function, temperature, and density using data from the KF1 high energy neutral particle analyzer on Joint European Torus

C. SchlatterD. TestaM. CecconelloA. MurariM. Santala

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2004. DOI : 10.1063/1.1788874.

Conference Papers

2019

Report of recent experiments with the European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW and SP prototype gyrotrons for ITER

Z. IoannidisT. RzesnickiF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. Avramidis  et al.

2019. 20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC), Greifswald, GERMANY, May 14-17, 2018. DOI : 10.1051/epjconf/201920304006.

2018

Sliding Surface Based Schemes for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable

A. MarcoI. GarridoA. J. GarridoS. CodaJ. Ahn  et al.

2018. World Automation Congress (WAC), Stevenson, WA, Jun 03-06, 2018. p. 253 - 258. DOI : 10.23919/WAC.2018.8430383.

2016

LTCC and thick-film ceramic magnetic sensors for tokamak nuclear fusion

T. MaederC. JacqD. TestaM. ToussaintM. Stöck  et al.

2016. Eurosensors 2016, Budapest (HU), 4-7.9.2016. p. 646 - 649. DOI : 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.235.

2015

Development of the ITER Continuous External Rogowski: From conceptual design to final design

P. MoreauP. SpuigA. Le-LuyerP. MalardB. Cantone  et al.

2015. 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), San Sebastian, SPAIN, SEP 29-OCT 03, 2014. p. 878 - 881. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.04.047.

Status of the development of the EU 170 GHz/1 MW/CW gyrotron

I. G. PagonakisF. AlbajarS. AlbertiK. AvramidisT. Bonicelli  et al.

2015. 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), San Sebastian, SPAIN, SEP 29-OCT 03, 2014. p. 149 - 154. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.02.050.

2008

First measurements of oblique ECE with a real-time moveable line-of-sight on TCV

T. P. GoodmanV. S. UdintsevI. KlimanovA. MueckO. Sauter  et al.

2008. 14th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Santorini, GREECE, May 9-12, 2006. p. 196 - 207. DOI : 10.13182/FST08-A1665.

2007

Co- and Counter - viewing oblique ECE measurements during ECH and ECCD on the TCV tokamak

T. GoodmanV. UdintsevF. FeliciC. ZuccaC. Schlatter

2007. 34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Warsaw Congress Centre, Poland, 2007-07-02.

Ion Temperature Fluctuations in ELMy H-mode of the X3 EC-heated Plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. Schlatter

2007. International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas (PLASMA-2007), Greifswald, Germany, 2007-10-16. p. 219 - 222. DOI : 10.1063/1.2909113.

2006

Conditions for anomalous energy and momentum transfer from electrons to ions in ECCD discharges on TCV

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. KarpushovE. AspS. Coda  et al.

2006. 33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics.

Energetic Ion-driven instabilities on JET and on MAST

S. SharapovB. AlperV. KiptilyS. HacquinC. Schlatter

2006. 48th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006-10-30.

Non-Maxwellian Ion Energy Distribution in ECH-heated plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalT. GoodmanC. Schlatter

2006. 33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, Italy, 2006-06-19.

Particle and impurity transport in electron-heated discharges in TCV

H. WeisenA. ZabolotskyM. MaslovM. BernardA. Bortolon  et al.

2006. 21th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China, 2006-10-16.

Particle and Impurity Transport in Electron-Heated Discharges in TCV

A. ZabolotskyM. BernardA. BortolonB. DuvalE. Fable  et al.

2006. 21th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China, 2006-10-16.

2005

Reconstruction of hydrogenic ion temperature profiles on TCV

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. Karpushov

2005. 32nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion combined with the 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets.

Creating an XML Driven Data Bus between Fusion Experiments

J. ListerL. AppelG. HuysmansC. SchlatterW. Suttrop

2005. ICALEPCS 2005, Geneva, 2005-10-10.

Determination of the Radial Profile of Hydrogen Isotope Composition in TCV plasmas

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. SchlatterH. WeisenV. Afanasyev  et al.

2005. 32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Tarragona, Spain, 2005-06-27.

2004

Error analysis and parametric study of the JET high energy NPA

C. SchlatterM. CecconelloD. TestaA. MurariM. Santala

2004. HTPD Conference 2004.

pT fusion by RF-heated protons in JET trace tritium discharges

M. SantalaM. MantsinenY. BaranovP. BeaumontP. Belo  et al.

2004. Europhysics Conference ECA.

2003

Radiation Losses Study on the Tokamak T-10 Using AXUV-Detectors

N. TimchenkoL. KhimchenkoD. SarichevC. Schlatter

2003. Europhysics Conference ECA.

Theses

2009

Turbulent ion heating in TCV tokamak plasmas

C. Schlatter / B. Duval (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4479.

Reports

2006

Gamma ray spectrometry in tokamaks

C. Schlatter

2006

2004

Stability of the internal kink mode for JET plasma scenarios described by an extended energy principle including kinetic additions

C. Schlatter

2004

2002

Study of magnetic flux shaped base functions for tomography (TCV diagnostics - semestrial report)

C. Schlatter

2002

TCV Diagnostics documentation - Fast-Algorithm Bolometric Computer Aided Tomography (FABCAT)

C. SchlatterJ. Mlynar

2002

Posters

2007

Ion-Acoustic Turbulence in ECCD-driven TCV plasmas

C. SchlatterB. DuvalA. KarpushovT. Goodman

49th APS Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2007-11-12.

2006

Non-Maxwellian Ion Energy Distribution in ECH-heated plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalT. GoodmanC. Schlatter

33rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Rome, Italy, 2006-06-19.

2005

Determination of the Radial Profile of Hydrogen Isotope Composition in TCV plasmas

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. SchlatterH. WeisenV. Afanasyev  et al.

32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Tarragona, Spain, 2005-06-27.

Talks

2007

Ion Temperature Fluctuations in ELMy H-mode of the X3 EC-heated Plasmas on TCV

A. KarpushovB. DuvalC. Schlatter