Federico Felici

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EPFL SB SPC-TCV
PPB 220 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
CH-1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 03 56
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Novel aspects of plasma control in ITER

D. Humphreys; G. Ambrosino; P. De Vries; F. Felici; S. H. Kim et al.

Physics Of Plasmas. 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4907901.

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Closed-loop control of the safety factor profile in the TCV tokamak

J. Barton; E. Schuster; F. Felici; O. Sauter

2014. 2014 IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Decision Control (CDC). p. 5660-5665. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040275.

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First experimental results of plasma shape control using real time equilibrium reconstruction in TCV

H. Anand; Moret; F. Felici; S. Coda; H. Le

2014. 41st European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Berlin, 23-27 June 2014. p. P5.069.

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Real-Time multi-EC-actuator MHD control in TCV

T. P. Goodman; F. Felici; G. Canal; B. P. Duval; J. P. Graves et al.

2014. 20th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, Sorrento, IT, 25-28 June 2013. p. 161-166. DOI : 10.1063/1.4864515.

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THE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE TCV TOKAMAK

H. B. Le; F. Felici; J. I. Paley; J.-M. Moret; B. Duval et al.

2013. SOFE 2013, Symposium on Fusion Energy, San Francisco, US, 10-14 June 2013.

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Development of real-time plasma analysis and control algorithms for the TCV tokamak using SIMULINK

F. Felici; H. Le; J. I. Paley; B. P. Duval; S. Coda et al.

Fusion Engineering And Design. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.11.010.

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Sliding mode control of a tokamak transformer

J. A. Romero; S. Coda; F. Felici; J.-M. Moret; J. Paley et al.

2012. 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 10-13 December 2012. p. 386-393. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426907.

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Real-time control of multiple MHD instabilities on TCV by ECRH/ECCD

F. Felici; J. X. Rossel; G. Canal; S. Coda; B. P. Duval et al.

2012. 17th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC-17), Deurne, The Netherlands. p. 02005.

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Integrated real-time control of MHD instabilities using multi-beam ECRH/ECCD systems on TCV

F. Felici; T. P. Goodman; O. Sauter; G. Canal; S. Coda et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/52/7/074001.

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Demonstration of sawtooth period locking with power modulation in TCV plasmas

M. Lauret; F. Felici; G. Witvoet; T. P. Goodman; G. Vandersteen et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/52/6/062002.

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Fast Seeding of Neoclassical Tearing Modes by Sawtooth Crashes in TCV

G. P. Canal; B. P. Duval; F. Felici; T. P. Goodman; J. P. Graves et al.

2012. EPS/ICPP 2012, 39th EPS Conf. on Plasma Physics 16th Int. Congress on Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-6 July 2012.

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Edge-localized mode control by electron cyclotron waves in a tokamak plasma

J. X. Rossel; J.-M. Moret; S. Coda; O. Sauter; T. P. Goodman et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/52/3/032004.

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Development and validation of a tokamak skin effect transformer model

J. A. Romero; J.-M. Moret; S. Coda; F. Felici; I. Garrido

Nuclear Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/52/2/023019.

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Non-linear model-based optimization of actuator trajectories for tokamak plasma profile control

F. Felici; O. Sauter

Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion. 2012. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/54/2/025002.

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ECPOL: equations and Matlab tools for EC wave reflection and polarization calculations

F. A. A. Felici

2012

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THz-Instrumentation development for gyrotron-DNP applications: from source to sample

S. Alberti; J.-P. Ansermet; G. Annino; F. Felici; J.-P. Hogge et al.

2011. Third International Symposium on Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-10 September 2011.

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CXRS Acquisition Optimisation for Rotation Studies of Fast Events on TCV (Rotation studies in transport barriers on TCV)

L. Federspiel; B. Duval; A. Karpushov; Y. Andrebe; F. A. A. Felici et al.

2011. 38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, F, June 27 - July 1, 2011. p. P2.117.

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Time-dependent Simulations of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stabilization in TCV

K. Kim; F. A. A. Felici; O. Sauter; L. Terzolo; Y.-S. Na

2011. 38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, F, June 27 - July 1, 2011. p. P2.086.

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Coupling Between Sawteeth and Tearing Modes in TCV

G. P. Canal; B. Duval; F. A. A. Felici; T. Goodman; J. Graves et al.

2011. 38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, F, June 27 - July 1, 2011. p. P1.080.

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Optimization, real-time simulation and feedback control of tokamak plasma profiles on TCV

F. A. A. Felici; O. Sauter; S. Coda; B. Duval; T. Goodman et al.

2011. 38th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Strasbourg, F, June 27 - July 1, 2011. p. O5.420.

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Individual Sawtooth pacing by synchronized ECCD in TCV

T. Goodman; F. A. A. Felici; G. Canal; B. Duval; J. Graves et al.

2011. 19th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, US-Japan Workshop on RF Physics, Newport, USA, June 1-3, 2011. DOI : 10.1063/1.3665024.

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Multiple EC power deposition locations tracking by break-in-slope analysis in TCV plasmas

L. Curchod; F. Felici; A. Pochelon; J. Decker; T. P. Goodman et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2011. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/53/11/115005.

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Millimeter Wave System Upgrades On TCV: Additional X3 Power And Fast ECE Polarizers

M. Silva; S. Alberti; F. Felici; T. P. Goodman; J.-P. Hogge et al.

2011. 24th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), Chicago, IL, Jun 26-30, 2011. DOI : 10.1109/SOFE.2011.6052326.

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Using APCS for Plasma Vertical Control at TCV

N. Cruz; J.-M. Moret; S. Coda; J. I. Paley; B. P. Duval et al.

Ieee Transactions On Nuclear Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1109/TNS.2011.2160203.

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Oblique and Correlation ECE in TCV

T. P. Goodman; E. Fable; F. Felici; A. Pochelon; L. Porte et al.

2011. EC-16, Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Sanya, China, 12-15 April 2010. p. 174.

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Real-time physics-model-based simulation of the current density profile in tokamak plasmas

F. Felici; O. Sauter; S. Coda; B. P. Duval; T. P. Goodman et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2011. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/51/8/083052.

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Real-Time Control of Tokamak Plasmas: from Control of Physics to Physics-Based Control

F. Felici / O. Sauter; T. Goodman (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5203.

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Sawtooth pacing by real-time auxiliary power control in a tokamak

T. P. Goodman; F. Felici; O. Sauter; J. P. Graves

Physical Review Letters. 2011. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.245002.

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Progress on the ITER H&D EC Upper Launcher Steering-Mirror Control System

A. Collazos; R. Bertizzolo; R. Chavan; F. Dolizy; F. Felici et al.

2010. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego, CA, USA, May 31 - June 5, 2009. p. 441-447. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2009.2039651.

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Fast polarizers installation for ECRH and ECE in TCV

M. Silva; F. Felici; T. P. Goodman; L. Porte

2010. 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Porto, Portugal, 27 September - 01 October 2010. p. 1256-1259. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.043.

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Momentum Transport in TCV Across Sawteeth Events

B. P. Duval; A. Bortolon; L. Federspiel; F. Felici; I. Furno et al.

2010. 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Daejon, Korea, 11-16 October 2010.

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Effects of ECH/ECCD on Tearing Modes in TCV and Link to Rotation Profile

O. Sauter; B. P. Duval; L. Federspiel; F. Felici; T. P. Goodman et al.

2010. 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Daejon, Korea, 11-16 October 2010.

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Feedback control of ECRH polarization on LHD

F. Felici; T. Shimozuma; S. Kubo; Y. Yoshimura; O. Sauter et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/50/10/105003.

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Architecture and commissioning of the TCV distributed feedback control system

J. I. Paley; S. Coda; B. P. Duval; F. Felici; J.-M. Moret et al.

2010. 17th Real Time Conference, Lisboa, Portugal, 24-28 May 2010. DOI : 10.1109/RTC.2010.5750487.

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Progress On The Iter Upper Launcher Millimeter Wave Design And Testing

A. Collazos; V. S. Udintsev; R. Chavan; F. Felici; F. Dolizy et al.

2009-01-01. 15th Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Yosemite Natl Park, CA, Mar 10-13, 2008. p. 465-470. DOI : 10.1142/9789812814647_0066.

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Design status of the ITER ECRH upper launcher mm-wave system

J.-D. Landis; R. Chavan; R. Bertizzolo; A. Collazos; F. Dolizy et al.

2009. 25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock, Germany, September 15-19, 2008. p. 1151-1155. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2009.01.077.

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Progress on the ITER ECRH upper launcher steering mirror identification and control

A. Collazos; R. Bertizzolo; R. Chavan; F. Dolizy; F. Felici et al.

2009. 25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock, Germany, September 15-19, 2008. p. 618-622. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2009.02.035.

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Progress on the ITER Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive Upper Launcher Steering Mirror Control System

G. Collazos; A. Andres; R. Bertizzolo; R. Chavan; F. Dolizy et al.

2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego, USA, May 31 - June 5, 2009. p. 647-650. DOI : 10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226520.

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Simultaneous Power Deposition Detection of Two EC Beams with the BIS Analysis in Moving TCV Plasmas

L. Curchod; A. Pochelon; J. Decker; F. Felici; T. P. Goodman et al.

2009. 18th Topical Conf erence on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, Gent, Belgium, 24-26 June 2009. p. 515.

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Polarization Issues with High Power Injection and Low Power Emission in Fusion Experiments

T. P. Goodman; F. Felici; V. S. Udintsev

2009. 18th Topical Conf erence on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, Gent, Belgium, 24-26 June 2009.

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Snowflake Divertor Plasmas on TCV

F. Piras; A. Bencze; S. Coda; B. P. Duval; I. Furno et al.

2009. 36th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 29 June - 03 July 2009. p. P-2.141. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/51/5/055009.

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Real time control of plasmas and ECRH systems on TCV

J. I. Paley; F. Felici; J. Berrino; S. Coda; N. Cruz et al.

Nuclear Fusion. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/49/8/085017.

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Real time control of the sawtooth period using EC launchers

J. I. Paley; F. Felici; S. Coda; T. P. Goodman; F. Piras

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/51/5/055010.

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Self-consistent simulation of tearing modes during ECCD experiments on TCV

F. Felici; O. Sauter; T. P. Goodman; B. Labit; C. Zucca

2009. 36th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 29 June - 03 July 2009.

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Real-time feedback control of millimeter-wave polarization for LHD

F. Felici; T. P. Goodman; O. Sauter; T. Shimozuma; S. Ito et al.

Review of Scientific Instruments. 2009. DOI : 10.1063/1.3073735.

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Real Time Control of EC Heating & Current Drive Systems on TCV

J. I. Paley; F. Felici; L. Curchod; S. Coda; T. P. Goodman

2009. 5th IAEA Technical meeting on ECRH Physics and Technology for Large Fusion Devices, Gandhinagar, India, 18-20 February 2009.

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From sawtooth to profile control: developing feedback control using ECRH/ECCD systems on the TCV tokamak

J. I. Paley; F. Felici; S. Coda; T. P. Goodman

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion. 2009. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/51/12/124041.

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Snowflake Divertor Plasmas on TCV

F. Piras; S. Coda; I. Furno; J.-M. Moret; R. Pitts et al.

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2008. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/51/5/055009.

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Handling technology of mega-watt millimeter-waves for optimized heating of fusion plasmas

T. Shimozuma; S. Kubo; Y. Yoshimura; H. Igami; H. Takahashi et al.

Journal of Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy. 2008. DOI : 10.1080/08327823.2008.11688604.

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Progress on the ITER Upper Launcher Control Systems

A. Collazos; F. Felici; R. Bertizzolo; R. Chavan; F. Dolizy et al.

25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock, Germany, September 15-19, 2008.

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Real time feedback control of the sawtooth period using ECRH launchers

J. Paley; F. Felici; T. Goodman; F. Piras; S. Coda

2008. 50th APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA, November 17-21, 2008. p. NO3.00005.

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Real Time Control of Plasmas and ECRH Systems on TCV

J. Paley; F. Felici; J. Berrino; S. Coda; N. Cruz et al.

2008. 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conf. (FEC) - 50th Anniversary of Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Geneva, Switzerland, October 13-18, 2008. p. EX/P6-16.

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Recent results of ECRH/ECCD experiments on TCV

F. Felici; E. Asp; S. Coda; E. Fable; T. Goodman et al.

2008. 18th International Toki Conference (ITC18), Ceratopia Toki, Toki Gifu, Japan, December 9-12, 2008.

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Safety factor profile influence on tearing mode stability in TCV

F. Felici; O. Sauter; C. Zucca; T. Goodman

2008. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society, Geneva, Switzerland, March 26-27, 2008.

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Progress on the ITER upper launcher millimeter wave design and Testing

A. Collazos; V. Udintsev; M. Henderson; R. Chavan; F. Felici et al.

2008. EC-15 Joint workshop on ECE and ECRH, Yosemite Park, California, USA, March 3-13, 2008. p. 84-93. DOI : 10.13182/FST09-A4056.

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

T. Goodman; V. Udintsev; F. Felici; C. Zucca; C. Schlatter

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

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Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Contré Cassandre Ekta, Marchioni Stefano, Pastore Francesco, Van Mulders Simon,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Carpanese Francesco , Pesamosca Federico ,

Courses

Control and Operation of Tokamaks

Obtain an understanding of the principal requirements for the control of high power tokamak pulses and to understand how these can be met by applying the basic principles of control theory.

Federico Felici

Publications

Infoscience publications

Infoscience

Novel aspects of plasma control in ITER

Closed-loop control of the safety factor profile in the TCV tokamak

First experimental results of plasma shape control using real time equilibrium reconstruction in TCV

Real-Time multi-EC-actuator MHD control in TCV

THE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE TCV TOKAMAK

Development of real-time plasma analysis and control algorithms for the TCV tokamak using SIMULINK

Sliding mode control of a tokamak transformer

Real-time control of multiple MHD instabilities on TCV by ECRH/ECCD

Integrated real-time control of MHD instabilities using multi-beam ECRH/ECCD systems on TCV

Demonstration of sawtooth period locking with power modulation in TCV plasmas

Fast Seeding of Neoclassical Tearing Modes by Sawtooth Crashes in TCV

Edge-localized mode control by electron cyclotron waves in a tokamak plasma

Development and validation of a tokamak skin effect transformer model

Non-linear model-based optimization of actuator trajectories for tokamak plasma profile control

ECPOL: equations and Matlab tools for EC wave reflection and polarization calculations

THz-Instrumentation development for gyrotron-DNP applications: from source to sample

CXRS Acquisition Optimisation for Rotation Studies of Fast Events on TCV (Rotation studies in transport barriers on TCV)

Time-dependent Simulations of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stabilization in TCV

Coupling Between Sawteeth and Tearing Modes in TCV

Optimization, real-time simulation and feedback control of tokamak plasma profiles on TCV

Individual Sawtooth pacing by synchronized ECCD in TCV

Multiple EC power deposition locations tracking by break-in-slope analysis in TCV plasmas

Millimeter Wave System Upgrades On TCV: Additional X3 Power And Fast ECE Polarizers

Using APCS for Plasma Vertical Control at TCV

Oblique and Correlation ECE in TCV

Real-time physics-model-based simulation of the current density profile in tokamak plasmas

Real-Time Control of Tokamak Plasmas: from Control of Physics to Physics-Based Control

Sawtooth pacing by real-time auxiliary power control in a tokamak

Progress on the ITER H&D EC Upper Launcher Steering-Mirror Control System

Fast polarizers installation for ECRH and ECE in TCV

Momentum Transport in TCV Across Sawteeth Events

Effects of ECH/ECCD on Tearing Modes in TCV and Link to Rotation Profile

Feedback control of ECRH polarization on LHD

Architecture and commissioning of the TCV distributed feedback control system

Progress On The Iter Upper Launcher Millimeter Wave Design And Testing

Design status of the ITER ECRH upper launcher mm-wave system

Progress on the ITER ECRH upper launcher steering mirror identification and control

Progress on the ITER Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive Upper Launcher Steering Mirror Control System

Simultaneous Power Deposition Detection of Two EC Beams with the BIS Analysis in Moving TCV Plasmas

Polarization Issues with High Power Injection and Low Power Emission in Fusion Experiments

Snowflake Divertor Plasmas on TCV

Real time control of plasmas and ECRH systems on TCV

Real time control of the sawtooth period using EC launchers

Self-consistent simulation of tearing modes during ECCD experiments on TCV

Real-time feedback control of millimeter-wave polarization for LHD

Real Time Control of EC Heating & Current Drive Systems on TCV

From sawtooth to profile control: developing feedback control using ECRH/ECCD systems on the TCV tokamak

Snowflake Divertor Plasmas on TCV

Handling technology of mega-watt millimeter-waves for optimized heating of fusion plasmas

Progress on the ITER Upper Launcher Control Systems

Real time feedback control of the sawtooth period using ECRH launchers

Real Time Control of Plasmas and ECRH Systems on TCV

Recent results of ECRH/ECCD experiments on TCV

Safety factor profile influence on tearing mode stability in TCV

Progress on the ITER upper launcher millimeter wave design and Testing

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

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Past EPFL PhD Students

Courses

Control and Operation of Tokamaks

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