• Born on May 30th 1951 in Saigon
• Diploma in Physics Engineering (Ingénieur Physicien),
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1973
• Ph.D., Physics, EPFL, Switzerland, 1977
• Assistant Research Physicist and Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977-1979
• Group Leader CRPP, 1979-1993
• Adjunct Professor (Professeur titulaire), EPFL, 1992
• Professor of Plasma Physics, School of Basic Science, EPFL,
1997 till 2016
• Deputy Director of CRPP, 1993-1999, 1999-Sept 2014: Director
General of CRPP, EPFL and Head of Research Unit of the
Association Euratom-Swiss Confederation
• "EFDA Leader" responsible for joint European activities in the
field of fusion, 2003-2006
• Director of the Institute for Physics of Energy and Particle
(IPEP) 2003-end of 2013
• Vice President of the Swiss Physical Society from September
2013 to July 2014. July 2014 to August 2017: President of the
Swiss Physical Society. August 2017 to now: Vice President of
the Swiss Physical Society
• Project Leader of the Heating and Current Drive for DEMO in
the frame of the European Consortium EUROfusion since 2014
until now.
• December 2014 to now: Vice Chair of Commission C16 (Plasma
Physics) of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
(Term 2015-2017), Chair of the C16 Commission (Term 2018-
2020); Associate Member of the IUPAP Working Group on Particle
Accelerator; Swiss delegate to the European Strategy Forum on
Research Infrastructure ESFRI (see below); Member of the
Academia Europaea Physics and Engineering Sciences Committee.
• January 2015-to now: Member of the World Cultural Council
(Interdisciplinary Committee) for the Einstein Prize
• April 2016: Elected as member of the European Physical Society
Executive Committee
• January 2017: Professor Emeritus of the EPFL
Education
Diploma in Physics Engineering (Ingénieur physicien)
| Physics1973 – 1973 EPFL
PhD
| Physics1977 – 1977 EPFL
Professionals experiences
Group Leader
Adjunct Professor
Professor of Plasma Physics
Director of the Insitute for Physics of Energy and Particles (IPEP)
Honors and awards
Elected member of the Academia Europaea (2011), of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (2005) and Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004)
Service Activities - External
- Co-editor with Alberti S. and Whaley D.R. of the Thirteenth Special Issue on High-Power Microwave Generation, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol. 38 issue 6 (2010)
- Co-editor with Lackner K. and Kikuchi M. of a two volume book on fusion physics and technology to be published by IAEA. The first volume was published in 2012 by the IAEA under the title "Fusion Physics"
- Chairman of the Euratom Science and Technology Advisory Committee (2006-2007)
- Chairman of the Technology Advisory Panel of the European Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy (F4E) (2007-2011)
- Member of the ITER Science and Technology Advisory Panel (2007-2011) and its Vice Chair (2010-2011)
- Member of the Board of the European Power Plant Physics and Technology Programme
- Swiss delegate to two main political and managerial Euratom Fusion Committees, the Consultative Committee Euratom-Fusion and the Governing Board of Fusion for Energy
- Member of the "Core Group" of the Max Planck Society for the selection of Max Planck Directors in the field of fusion
- Chair or member of European panels, covering science and technology (e.g. DEMO material assessment and R&D needs, Heating methods for ITER, ITER coil cold test, Risk mitigation for the ITER toroidal field coils, ELM control and mitigation in ITER, Upgrade of the French tokamak Tore Supra, Definition of the programme for DEMO, Risk for JET in view of an extension of its life time), management (e.g. Fusion programme cost overrun analysis and proposals for improvement, Staffing of the European Fusion community, Structure of the European programme, Expert Group for collaboration with Eastern countries) and strategy (European fusion programme roadmap beyond ITER)
- Member of international advisory panels of international conferences and symposia
- Chair or member of the Steering Committee of consortia formed with other laboratories to develop magnetic diagnostic, gyrotron and electron cyclotron wave launchers for ITER
Service activities - internal
- Counsellor for Physics students (Class of 2016) and for Master of Nuclear Engineering students
- Member of academic committees of the Physics Section (Commission Stratégique, Commission du Programme Doctoral de Physique, Core Group for the Master of Nuclear Engineering) and of the EPFL (Commission du prix de la meilleure thèse de l'EPFL)
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Association EURATOM-Swiss Confederation
- Chair of the Local Organizing Committee of IAEA Energy Conference 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
Publications
Challenges in Fusion, from R&D to Education, and Collaboration between Academia and Industry
European Review. 2025. DOI : 10.1017/s1062798725100355.Large Area Diamond Disk Growth Experiments and Thermomechanical Investigations for the Broadband Brewster Window in DEMO
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2021. DOI : 10.1109/TED.2021.3088077.Neutronics Analyses of EU DEMO 2020 EC Port Configuration
2021. 30th International Conference on Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE), Bled, SLOVENIA, Sep 06-09, 2021.Structural pre-conceptual design studies for an EU DEMO equatorial EC port plug and its port integration
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111885.Towards large area CVD diamond disks for Brewster-angle windows
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111818.RAMI evaluation of the beam source for the DEMO neutral beam injectors
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111628.Megawatt power generation of the dual-frequency gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in long pulses
2020. 23rd Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas, Hefei, China, May 14-17, 2019. DOI : 10.1063/5.0014343.EU DEMO EC equatorial launcher pre-conceptual performance studies
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111594.Progress on an ion cyclotron range of frequency system for DEMO
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.067.Initial port integration concept for EC and NB systems in EU DEMO tokamak
Fusion Engineering And Design. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.03.007.Report of recent experiments with the European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW and SP prototype gyrotrons for ITER
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.DEMO-Relevant Gyrotron Research at KIT
2019. 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Paris, FRANCE, Sep 01-06, 2019. DOI : 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8873771.Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond
Nuclear Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab25cb.Overview of the DEMO staged design approach in Europe
Nuclear Fusion. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1741-4326/ab1178.Towards Advanced Fusion Gyrotrons: 2018 Update on Activities within EUROfusion
2019. 20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC), Greifswald, GERMANY, May 14-17, 2018. DOI : 10.1051/epjconf/201920304007.A Variable Structure Control Scheme Proposal for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable
Complexity. 2019. DOI : 10.1155/2019/2319560.Overview on recent progress in magnetron injection gun theory and design for high power gyrotrons
2019. 20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC), Greifswald, GERMANY, May 14-17, 2018. DOI : 10.1051/epjconf/201920304011.Sliding Surface Based Schemes for the Tokamak a Configuration Variable
2018. World Automation Congress (WAC), Stevenson, WA, Jun 03-06, 2018. p. 253 - 258. DOI : 10.23919/WAC.2018.8430383.H- ion source for CERN's Linac4 accelerator : simulation, experimental validation and optimization of the hydrogen plasma
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7907.Quench Detection and Protection of the HTS Insert Coils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6712.Preliminary conceptual design of DEMO EC system
2015. 21st Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, California, USA, April 27-29, 2015. DOI : 10.1063/1.4936546.Characterisation and modelling of nitrogen plasmas for the deposition of nanostructured GaN using different plasma sources
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6202.Quench tests of LHC magnets with beam : studies on beam loss development and determination of quench levels
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6116.Investigations of Quench Limits of the LHC Superconducting Magnets
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 2013. DOI : 10.1109/Tasc.2012.2236378.Irreversible Degradation in Nb3Sn Cable in Conduit Conductors
Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5952.ELM control strategies and tools: status and potential for ITER
Nuclear Fusion. 2013. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/53/4/043004.Kernfusion: Stand der Forschung
Agora-Tagung: Kernenergie in des Schweiz, Bern, Switzerland, April 27, 2012.Spillover benefits from controlled nuclear fusion technology - A patent analysis
World Patent Information. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.wpi.2012.06.001.Investigations of quench limits of the LHC superconducting magnets
2012. Applied Superconductivity Conference, Portland, USA, October 7-12, 2012. DOI : 10.1109/Tasc.2012.2236378.Experimental study from linear to chaotic regimes on a terahertz-frequency gyrotron oscillator
Physics of Plasmas. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4769033.Overview of the ITER EC H&CD system and its capabilities
2011. 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Porto, Portugal, September 27 - October 1, 2010. p. 951 - 954. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.02.040.Millimeter Wave System Upgrades On TCV: Additional X3 Power And Fast ECE Polarizers
2011. 24th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), Chicago, IL, Jun 26-30, 2011. DOI : 10.1109/SOFE.2011.6052326.On the heating mix of ITER
2010. 37th EPS European Physical Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 21-25 June, 2010.Status of the EU 170 GHz/2 MW/CW Coaxial Cavity Gyrotron for ITER: The Dummy Gun Experiment
2010. IRMMW-THz, Int. Conf. on IR, MM and THz Waves, Roma, Italy, 5-10 September 2010. DOI : 10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5613058.The Swiss Master in Nuclear Engineering: A collaboration between Universities Research Centre and Industry
2010. ICONE 18, Xi'an, P.R. China, May 2010.The Thirteenth Special Issue on High-Power Microwave Generation
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2010. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2010.2048658.On the heating mix of ITER
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/52/12/124044.Design studies of the dual-frequency operation of the W7-X/140GHz/1MW gyrotron at 126GHz for TCV and 168GHz for ITER
2010. 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, Rome, Italy, September 5-10, 2010. DOI : 10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5613031.First experimental results from the European Union 2 MW coaxial cavity ITER gyrotron prototype
Fusion Science and Technology. 2009. DOI : 10.13182/FST09-A4072.First experimental results from the EU 2 MW coaxial cavity ITER gyrotron prototype
2009. 15th Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Yosemite National Park, CA, USA, March 10-13, 2008. p. 515 - 522.Status of development of the 2MW, 170GHz coaxial-cavity gyrotron for ITER
2008. 33rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz waves, Pasadena, CA, USA, September 15-19, 2008. p. 311 - 313. DOI : 10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665577.Status of the European 2 MW, 170 GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron for ITER (invited paper)
2008. 7th Int. Workshop on Strong Microwaves: Sources and Applications, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, July 27-August 2, 2008.Vision for DEMO
25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock, Germany, September 15-19, 2008.Electrical powering concept for ITER electron cyclotron radio-frequency sources
2008. 14th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Santorini, GREECE, May 9-12, 2006. p. 246 - 253. DOI : 10.13182/FST08-A1669.Physics Insight and Performance Benefit from Plasma Shaping Experiments in MHD and Energy Transport in the TCV Tokamak
2008. 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conf. (FEC) - 50th Anniversary of Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Geneva, Switzerland, October 13-18, 2008. p. EX/P5 - 15.The European 2MW, 170GHz Coaxial Cavity Gyrotron for ITER (Invited paper)
2007. IRMMW-THz 2007, Cardiff, UK, 2007-09-02.Status of the 2 MW, 170 GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron for ITER
2007. 4th Workshop on ECRH.DEMO concepts and their roles within the fusion programme
2007. 8th Int. Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology.EU megawatt-class 140-GHz CW gyrotron
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 2007. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2007.892144.Design of Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive System of ITER
2007. 17th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 2007-05-07. p. 413 - 416. DOI : 10.1063/1.2800520.Experimental results of the 1-MW, 140-GHz, CW gyrotron for W7-X
2006. 21th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Chengdu, China, 2006-10-16.High-power gyrotron development at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe for fusion applications
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 2006. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2006.872176.Installation and commissionning of the EU test facility for ITER gyrotron
2006. SOFT 2006, 24th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 2006-09-11.About R&D on fusion reactor materials in Switzerland
2006. Sino-Swiss Symposium on Material Science.Progress in the development of the 170GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron for ITER
2005. 6th Internat. workshop on Strong microwaves in plamas, River cruise, Russia, 2005-07-25.Availability of lithium in the context of future D-T fusion reactors
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.345.Les enjeux du projet ITER: Enjeux technologiques
2005. Journée ECRIN, ITER - Enjeux scientifiques, technologiques et socio-écnomiques, Assemblée Nationale, Paris, France, 11 octobre 2005.Safety factor profile requirements for electron ITB formation in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2005. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S09.Status of 1MW, 140GHz, CW gyrotron for W7-X
2005. 6th Internat. workshop on Strong microwaves in plamas, River cruise, Russia, 2005-07-25.Development of multimegawatt gyrotrons for fusion plasma heating and current drive
Ieee Transactions on Electron Devices. 2005. DOI : 10.1109/TED.2005.845859.Development of a 2MW, CW coaxial gyrotron at 170GHz and test facility for ITER
2005. Third IAEA Technical Meeting on ECRH Physics and Technology for ITER, Como, Italy, 2005-05-02. p. 33 - 44. DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/25/1/005.Fusion: a sustainable energy source
2005. PSCC 2005, Tutorial: Future energy sources and technologies for electricity systems, Liège, Belgium, 2005-08-22.Material science and technology in the roadmap towards a fusion reactor
2005. ICFRM-12 : 12th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Santa Barbara, California, USA, 2005-12-04.Beam-cavity interactions in high power cyclotrons
Lausanne, EPFL, 2004. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3169.ITER and the road map to fusion
2004. Société Suisse de Physique.High Power, third harmonic, top launch X-mode heating in TCV using 118 GHz gyrotrons
2003. 45th Annual APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, October 2003.A 2 MW, CW, 170 GHz Coaxial Cavity Gyrotron for ITER
2003. IAEA-TM on ECRH Physics and Technology for ITER, Kloster Seeon, July 14-17, 2003.European fusion research
2003. Conference of the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research.Physics Studies with ECH/CD in the TCV tokamak
2003. 15th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, Moran, Wyoming, USA, May 2003. p. 297 - 304. DOI : 10.1063/1.1638046.ECRH and ECCD Physics in the TCV Tokamak
2003. IAEA Technical Meeting on ECRH physics and technology for ITER, Kloster Seeon, 14-16 July 2003.An overview of results from the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 2003. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/43/12/008.Power modulation capabilities of the 140 GHz/1 MW gyrotron for the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00085-1.Advanced high-power gyrotrons
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 2003. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2003.808885.Recent results from the electron cyclotron heated plasmas in Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV)
Physics of Plasmas. 2003. DOI : 10.1063/1.1562167.Overview of JET results
Nuclear Fusion. 2003. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/43/12/002.Accessibility and properties of ELMy H-mode and ITB plasmas in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2003. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/45/12A/023.Design study of a test stand for ITER gyrotron
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00123-6.Shape dependence of sawtooth inversion radii and profile peaking factors in TCV L mode plasmas
Nuclear Fusion. 2002. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/42/2/303.ECH power deposition at 3rd harmonic in high elongation TCV discharges sustained by 2nd harmonic current profile broadening
2002. part 2: 19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.Fusion energy research: The central role of the European Union
The Parliament Magazine. 2002.Power modulation capabilities of the 140 GHz / 1 MW gyrotron for the Stellarator W7-X
2002.An ITER relevant evacuated waveguide transmission system for the JET-EP ECRH project
Nuclear Fusion. 2002. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/43/11/021.Overview of JET results
2002. 19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.Very Long Pulse Operation of the TORE Supra ECRH System
2002.A new toroidal plasma experiment for basic collisionless plasma physics
2002. 44th Annual Meeting.Fusion Energy
2002. Société Suisse de Physique.A 2 MW, CW, 170 GHz gyrotron for ITER
2002. 19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.General description of the evacuated wave-guide transmission line for the JET-EP ECRH project
2002Recent results from the EC heated plasmas in the TCV tokamak
2002. part 4: Invited talk at the 44th Annual Meeting.ECH physics and new operational regimes on TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2002. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/44/12B/307.Studying ITER physics issues at JET
2002. DPP02 Meeting of the American Physical Society.Status of the 1 MW, 140 GHz, CW gyrotron for W7-X
2002.3rd Harmonic X-mode electron cyclotron resonance heating on TCV using top and low field side launch
2002. 19th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.Design study of a test stand for ITER gyrotron
2002.Overview of JET results
2002. DPP02 Meeting of the American Physical Society.140 GHz, 1 MW, CW gyrotron for fusion plasma heating
2002. Third IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, Monterey, California, April 2002. p. 330 - 331. DOI : 10.1109/IVELEC.2002.999405.CRPP's evacuated waveguide proposal for JET-EP ECRH transmission line
2002Development of a 140-GHz 1-MW continuous wave gyrotron for the W7-X stellarator
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 2002. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2002.801509.Overview of TCV results
Nuclear Fusion. 2001. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/41/10/313.Advanced high power gyrotrons
2001. 29th IEEE International Conference on Pulsed Power Plasma Science, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., June 2001. p. 508 - 511.ITER R&D: Auxiliary systems: Electron cyclotron heating and current drive system
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00203-4.1 MW, 140 GHz, CW Gyotron for Wendelstein 7-X
2001. 9th ITG-Fachbericht, Proc. Displays and Vacuum Electronics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, May 2001.The 118 GHz ECRH experiment on Tore Supra
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00579-8.Steady-state fully noninductive operation with electron cyclotron current drive and current profile control in the tokamak a configuration variable (TCV)
Physics of Plasmas. 2001. DOI : 10.1063/1.1355317.Development of a 140 GHz, 1 MW, continuous wave gyrotron for the W7-X stellarator
Frequenz. 2001.European high-power CW gyrotron development for ECRH systems
Fusion Engineering and Design. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00514-7.Stability and energy confinement of highly elongated plasmas in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 2001. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/43/12A/312.Comparison of different collector-coil concepts for high power CW gytrotrons
2000. 25th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.European high-power CW gyrotron development for ECRH systems
2000. IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on ECRH Physics and Technology for Fusion Devices and the 11th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC-11).Design of ITER-FEAT RF heating and current drive systems
2000. 18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.Overview of recent JET results and future perspectives
2000. 18th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.Recent results in ECH and ECCD experiments in the TCV Tokamak
2000. Proceedings 4th Int. Workshop on Strong Microwaves in Plasmas, Nizhny Novogord, Russia, August 1999. p. 114 - 133.High-power ECH and fully non-inductive operation with ECCD in the TCV tokamak
2000. p. B311 - B321. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/42/12B/323.The 118 GHz ECRH experiment on Tore Supra
2000. 21st Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2000).Plasmas: des étoiles ... au quotidien
20001 MW, 140 GHz, CW gyrotron for Wendelstein 7-x
2000. 25th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Beijing, China, September 15-16 (2000).1 MW, 140 GHz, CW gyrotron for Wendelstein 7-X
2000. ICOPS 2000. 27th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, New Orleans, USA, June 2000. DOI : 10.1109/PLASMA.2000.854895.Development and application of European high power CW gyrotrons for ECRH experiments
2000. 1st IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, Monterey, CA, USA, May 2000. DOI : 10.1109/OVE:EC.2000.847558.Steady-state fully noninductive current driven by electron cyclotron waves in a magnetically confined plasma
Physical Review Letters. 2000. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3322.Production de plasma et démarrage du courant du tokamak TCV avec l'assistance d'onde cyclotron électronique
1999. SFP99, Orléans, Avril 1999.1 MW, 140 GHz, CW gyrotron for Wendelstein 7-X
1999. 24th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Energy Confinement in Shaped TCV Plasmas with Electron Cyclotron Heating
1999. 26th EPS Conf. on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Physics, Maastricht, Netherlands, June 1999.Recent results in ECH and ECCD experiments in the TCV tokamak
1999Behaviour of central plasma relaxation oscillations during localized electron cyclotron heating on the TCV tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 1999. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/39/5/303.Production de plasma et démarrage du courant du tokamak TCV avec l'assistance d'onde cyclotron électronique
Lausanne, EPFL, 1999. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-1951.High accuracy magnetic field measurements with a Hall probe
Review of Scientific Instruments. 1999. DOI : 10.1063/1.1149831.Energy confinement and MHD activity in shaped TCV plasmas with localized electron cyclotron heating
Nuclear Fusion. 1999. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/39/11Y/321.Stability and quench of dual cooling channel cable-in-conduit superconductors
Lausanne, EPFL, 1999. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2076.Observations of up-down differences in plasma response during ECRH on TCV
1998. 1998 ICPP/25th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.Effects of ECRH and ECCD on the MHD relaxation phenomena in TCV
1998. 1998 ICPP/25th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.High accuracy magnetic field measurements with a hall probe
1998Electron cyclotron wave (ECW) on TCV: The ECW system and its operation (invited Paper)
1998. 10th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission & Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, Ameland, The Netherlands, April 1997. p. 305 - 316.EFFECT OF LOCALISED ELECTRON CYCLOTRON HEATING ON ENERGY CONFINEMENT AND MHD IN TCV
1998. 25th EPS & ICPP, Praghe, July 1998.Preliminary Confinement Studies during ECRH in TCV
1998. Second Europhysics Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices, Brussels (Belgium), January 20-23 1998. p. 253 - 256.Status of the 118GHz - 0.5 MW quasi CW gyrotron for Tore Supra and TCV tokamaks
1998. 23rd Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Influence of polarization in ECCD experiments in TCV
1998. 2nd Europhysics Topical Conference on RF Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices, Brussels, Belgium, January 1998. p. 245 - 248.Electron beam instabilities in gyrotron beam tunnels
Physics of Plasmas. 1998. DOI : 10.1063/1.872918.Central relaxation phenomena during electron cyclotron heating in TCV
1998. 2nd Europhysics Topical Conference on RF Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices.Preliminary confinement studies during ECRH in TCV
1998. 2nd Europhysics Topical Conference on RF Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices, Brussels, Belgium, January, 20-23. p. 1 - 4, 253.CRPP Annual Report 1998
1998Status of electron cyclotron wave technology
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1998. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/40/8A/005.An introduction to classical electromagnetic radiation, Book Review
Nuclear Fusion. 1998. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/38/5/701.Heating and confinement studies with ECRH and initial ECCD experiments in TCV
1997. 39th Annual Meeting.Heating and confinement studies with ECRH in the TCV tokamak
1997. 24th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.Electron Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Tokamak TCV
1997. Invited Paper - International Workshop on Strong Microwaves in Plasmas.Design and installation of the electron cyclotron wave system for the TCV tokamak
1997. 19th Symposium on Fusion Technology.Electron beam instabilities in gyrotron beam tunnels
1997The TCV tokamak
1997. Société Suisse de Physique.Status of the 118 GHz - 0.5 MW quasi CW gyrotron for Tore Supra and TCV tokamaks
1997. 22nd Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Design and operation of the power installation for the TCV ECRH additional heating
1997. 19th Symposium on Fusion Technology.Effect of plasma shape on confinement and MHD behaviour in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1997. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/39/12B/011.Electron cyclotron resonant heating in the Tokamak TCV
1996Measurement of the optical depth at the third electron cyclotron harmonic in tore supra
Nuclear Fusion. 1996. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/36/2/I14.Operation of a quasi-optical gyrotron with a Gaussian output coupler
Physics of Plasmas. 1996. DOI : 10.1063/1.871499.Long pulse operation of a 0.5 MW - 118 GHz gyrotron with cryogenic window - Key note paper
1996. 21st Int. Conference on IRMMW, Berlin, July 1996.Measurement of the parallel velocity distribution function of the electron beam in a quasi-optical gyrotron by Electron Cyclotron Emission
Physics of Plasmas. 1996. DOI : 10.1063/1.871500.Operation of a quasi-optical gyrotron with a gaussian output coupler
1996Measurement of the parallel velocity distribution function of the electron beam in a quasi-optical gyrotron by electron cyclotron emission
1996ECRH and ECCD simulations for shaped plasmas in TCV
1996. 38th Annual Meeting.Ohmic H-modes in the TCV tokamak
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1996. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/38/8/006.Electron cyclotron emission as e-beam diagnostic: Interpretation and experimental results
1995. the 20th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Cold tests and high power measurements on an advanced quasi-optical mode convertor for a 118 GHz gyrotron
1995. the 20th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Recent results from TCV (Invited Paper)
1995. 17th Symposium on Plasma Physics and Technology.Startup Methods for Single-mode Gyrotron Operation
1995. the 20th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Regulated high voltage power supply for gyrotrons based on pulsed step modulator technology
1995. 18th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, August 1994. p. 517 - 520.Parasitic mode excitation in gyrotron beam tunnels
1995. the 20th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Feasibility study of the EU home team on a 170 GHz 1 MW CW gyrotron for ECH on ITER
1995Feasibility Study of the Eu Home Team on a 170ghz 1mw Cw Gyrotron for Ech on Iter
International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 1995. DOI : 10.1007/BF02068283.Startup methods for single-mode gyrotron operation
1995Recent results from TCV
1995. 37th Annual Meeting.Ohmic H-mode and confinement in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1995. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/37/11A/014.Quasi-CW 0.5 MW - 118 GHz gyrotron for ECRH
1995. 18th Symposium on Fusion Technology. p. 489 - 492.Operation of a 118 GHz -0.5 MW gyrotron with cryogenic window: Design and long pulse experiments
1995. the 20th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Recent Results from the Tcv Tokamak
Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 1995. DOI : 10.1007/BF01692001.Low power excitation of gyrotron-type modes in cylindrical waveguide using quasi-optical techniques
1995Startup Methods for Single-Mode Gyrotron Operation
Physical Review Letters. 1995. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1304.Low-Power Excitation of Gyrotron-Type Modes in a Cylindrical Wave-Guide Using Quasi-Optical Techniques
International Journal of Electronics. 1995. DOI : 10.1080/00207219508926263.Numerical simulations of electron cyclotron assisted start-up in tokamaks
1994. Société suisse de physique, Printemps 1994.Design of a microwave transmission diagnostic for the TCV tokamak
1994. Société Suisse de Physique, Printemps 1994.Particle simulation of cyclotron maser cooling experiment
1994. Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics.Measurement of the parallel velocity spread of the electron beam in a quasi-optical gyrotron by electron cyclotron emission (ECE)
1994. the 19th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Measurement of the optical depth at the third electron cyclotron harmonic in Tore Supra
1994. 21st EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.Feasibility study of the EU home team on the manufacture of a gyrotron for ECRH on ITER
1994. the 19th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Creation and control of variably shaped plasmas in TCV
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1994. DOI : 10.1088/0741-3335/36/12B/023.Mode Competition and Startup in Cylindrical Cavity Gyrotrons Using High-Order Operating Modes
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 1994. DOI : 10.1109/27.338300.Study of Wave Particle Interaction from the Linear Regime to Dynamical Chaos in a Magnetized Plasma
Physics of Plasmas. 1994. DOI : 10.1063/1.870695.Mode competition and startup in cylindrical cavity gyrotrons using high- order operating modes
1993Summary talk: Plasma physics as an illustration of the interdisciplinary field
1993.Dynamic Chaos of Plasma Ions in Electrostatic-Waves
Physical Review Letters. 1993. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.303.Studies of self-consistent field structure in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1993Stochastic plasma heating by electrostatic waves: A comparison between a particle-in-cell simulation and a laboratory experiment
1993Measurement of the Electric-Field Pattern of a Fabry-Perot Resonator Used in Quasi-Optical Gyrotrons
International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 1993. DOI : 10.1007/BF02282064.Study of wave-particle interaction from the linear regime to dynamical chaos in a magnetized plasma
1993. 35th Annual Meeting APS.Electron cyclotron resonance heating calculations for TCV
1993. 20th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.Studies of Self-Consistent-Field Structure in a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1993. DOI : 10.1063/1.860597.Equilibrium and Space-Charge Wave Analysis of Electron-Beams in Conducting and Absorbing Gyrotron Beam Tunnels
International Journal of Electronics. 1993. DOI : 10.1080/00207219308925881.Stochastic Plasma-Heating by Electrostatic-Waves - a Comparison between a Particle-in-Cell Simulation and a Laboratory Experiment
Physics Letters A. 1993. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(93)90420-5.Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Heating on the Tca Tokamak
Nuclear Fusion. 1993. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/33/2/I02.Experimental Considerations Concerning the Velocity-Measurement of the Relativistic Electron-Beam in a Gyrotron by Means of Thomson Scattering
Journal of Applied Physics. 1993. DOI : 10.1063/1.354704.Properties of Diffraction Gratings Used as Output Couplers in a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Journal of Applied Physics. 1993. DOI : 10.1063/1.353156.Measurement of the electric field pattern of a Fabry-Pérot resonator used in quasi-optical gyrotrons
1992Experimental considerations concerning the velocity measurement of the relativistic electron beam in a gyrotron by means of Thomson scattering
1992Parasitic Oscillation in and Suppression of a Gyrotron Backward-Wave Mode in a Low-Q 8 Ghz Gyrotron
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 1992. DOI : 10.1109/27.256774.Studies of the self-consistent field structure in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1992. Conference Digest of the 17th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Pasadena, USA, December 1992. p. 382 - 383. DOI : 10.1117/12.2298307.Dynamical chaos of plasma ions in electrostatic waves
1992Equilibrium and space-charge wave analysis of electron beams in conducting and absorbing gyrotron beam tunnels
1992Properties of diffraction gratings used as output couplers in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1992Electron cyclotron resonance heating on the TCA tokamak
1992. Europhysics Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Heating and Current Drive of Fusion Devices.Observation of two wave induced chaos in a magnetized plasma
1992. 1992 Int. Conference on Plasma Physics combined with the 19th EPS Conference on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Physics.X- and O-mode ECH breakdown and startup in TCA
1992Gyrotron: From the concept of the physics and technology issues related to megawatt sources for fusion reactor
1992. 17th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Pasadena, USA, December 1992. DOI : 10.1117/12.2298119.Electron cyclotron resonance heating on the TCA Tokamak
1992Test-Ion Diffusion in a Magnetized Plasma
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 1992. DOI : 10.1109/27.199508.X-Mode and O-Mode Electron-Cyclotron Heating Breakdown and Startup in Tca
Nuclear Fusion. 1992. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/32/5/I04.Design and Testing of an Electron-Gun Producing a Segmented Sheet Beam for a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Ieee Transactions on Electron Devices. 1992. DOI : 10.1109/16.123500.Operation of a quasi-optical gyrotron with a gaussian output coupler
1992. 17th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves$cPasadena, USA, December 1992. p. 266 - 267. DOI : 10.1117/12.2298250.Distortion and cross polarization of a simple gaussian beam on diffraction from grating couplers for Q.O. gyrotrons
1991. Sixteenth Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1991. p. 542 - 543. DOI : 10.1117/12.2297988.Applications of supercomputer in the development of gyrotrons
EPFL Supercomputing Review. 1991.39GHz ECRH system for breakdown studies on the TCA
1991.Parasitic oscillation in and suppression of a gyro BW mode in a low-Q 8GHz gyrotron
1991Effectiveness of X- and O-Mode ECRH breakdown and startup in TCA
1991. 18th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics.Electron cyclotron X- and O-mode breakdown and startup in the TCA tokamak
1991. 33rd Annual Meeting APS.Velocity Ratio Measurement Using the Frequency of the Gyro Backward-Wave
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1991. DOI : 10.1063/1.859825.ASTRID : a programming environment for scientific applications on parallel vector computers
1991. Int. IMACS Conference on Mathematical modelling and applied mathematics.Experimental study of a quasi-optical gyrotron operating at the second harmonic
1991. Sixteenth Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1991. p. 187 - 188. DOI : 10.1117/12.2297807.Determination of the electron beam velocity in a gytrotron by means of Thomson Scattering
1991. Conference Digest of 16th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1991. p. 131 - 132. DOI : 10.1117/12.2297779.Ellipsoidal diffraction grating as output coupler for quasi-optical gyrotrons
1991. Sixteenth Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lausanne, Switzerland, August 1991. p. 540 - 541. DOI : 10.1117/12.2297987.Ion-Cyclotron Wave Excitation by Double-Resonance Coupling
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1991. DOI : 10.1063/1.859809.Dc Space-Charge-Induced Frequency up-Shift in a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1991. DOI : 10.1063/1.859901.Ion cyclotron wave excitation by double resonance parametric coupling
1990. 17th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Heating.Performance of a sheet beam electron gun
1990. Spring Meeting, APS, Washington D.C., U.S.A., April 1990.Ion wave excitation by double resonance coupling in a magnetized plasma
1990. 32nd Annual Meeting.Velocity ratio measurement using the frequency of backward wave oscillations
1990. 15th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., December 1990. p. 413 - 415. DOI : 10.1117/12.2301536.Simultaneous excitation of fundamental and second harmonic in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1990. 32nd Annual Meeting.Output coupling of a quasi-optical Fabry-Pérot resonator by means of a diffractive grating in the mm wave range
1990. Conference Digest 15th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., December 1990. p. 535 - 537. DOI : 10.1117/12.2301582.ECRH-assisted breakdown in the TCA tokamak
1990. 32nd Annual Meeting.Velocity ratio measurement using the frequency of Gyro Backward Wave
1990Experimental measurements of competition between fundamental and second harmonic emission in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1990Effect of Power Reflection on the Operation of a Low-Q 8-Ghz Gyrotron
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 1990. DOI : 10.1109/22.58663.The Use of High-Order Tmomo Modes of a Resonant Cavity for Magnetized Plasma-Density Measurements
Journal of Applied Physics. 1990. DOI : 10.1063/1.345290.Ion wave excitation for the study of wave-induced transport
1990. 17th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Heating.DC space-charge induced frequency up-shift in a quasi-optical gyrotron
1990Ion cyclotron wave excitation by double resonance coupling
1990Competition between the fundamental and the second harmonic in quasi-optical gyrotrons
1990. 15th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., December 1990. p. 425 - 427. DOI : 10.1117/12.2301540.Experimental Measurements on a 100 Ghz Frequency Tunable Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1990. DOI : 10.1063/1.859439.500kW Quasi-Optical Gyrotron for 92 and 185GHz
1990. 15th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., December 1990. p. 321 - 323. DOI : 10.1117/12.2301500.Experimental Measurements of Competition between Fundamental and Second-Harmonic Emission in a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Physics of Fluids B-Plasma Physics. 1990. DOI : 10.1063/1.859377.Review of gyrotron development at the Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas
1990. 15th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., December 1990. p. 410 - 412. DOI : 10.1117/12.2301535.Entwicklung von Hochleistungs-Gyrotrons in der Schweiz
1989. ITG-Fachtagung.Optical Carriage for Laser-Induced Fluorescence in a Magnetized Plasma - Reply
Review of Scientific Instruments. 1989. DOI : 10.1063/1.1140454.Second harmonic emission of a quasi-optical gyrotron: experimental results
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 231 - 232.Measurement of the density of a magnetized plasma column using a resonant cavity technique
1989. XIX Int. Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases.Effect of power reflection on the operation of a low Q 8 GHz gyrotron
1989. Société Suisse de Physique.A novel electron beam diagnostic using the measurement of the electron cyclotron emission (ECE)
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 535 - 536.Upgraded barium plasma Q-device suitable for wave studies
1989. XIX Int. Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases.Experimental study of a quasi-optical gyrotron operating at the fundamental frequency
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 233 - 234.Direct measurement of ion phase space orbits in an electrostatic field
1989Optical Diagnosis of plasma waves via the ion dielectric response
1989. Int. Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena in Vlasov Plasmas.Prospects for High-Power Quasi-Optical Gyrotrons Operating in the Millimeter-Wave Range
Ieee Transactions on Electron Devices. 1989. DOI : 10.1109/16.34281.Quasi-optical gyrotron: Present status and future prospect
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 318 - 320.Direct Measurement of Ion Phase-Space Orbits in an Electrostatic-Field
Physical Review Letters. 1989. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2052.Effect of power reflection on the operation of a low Q, 8 GHz gyrotron
1989Non linear response of plasma ions in linear electrostatic waves
1989. Int. Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena in Vlasov Plasmas.Experimental results on a 100 GHz frequency tunable quasi-optical gyrotron
1989Optical diagnosis of kinetic effects in ion acoustic wave-particle interactions
1989. XIX Int. Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases.Experimental results of a 100 GHz quasi-optical gyrotron
1989. Société Suisse de Physique.Low power measurements of power coupling to Fabry-
1989.Design and testing of an electron gun producing a segmented sheet beam for a quasi-optical gyrotron
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 79 - 80.Harmonic emission in quasi-optical gyrotrons
1989. 14th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Würzburg, F.R.G., October 1989. p. 235 - 236.Experimental-Study of a 115 Ghz Quasi-Optical Gyrotron with a Large Cavity
International Journal of Electronics. 1988. DOI : 10.1080/00207218808945232.Measurement of plasma density in a steady-state magnetic field by means of a resonant cavity technique
1988Intrinsic stochasticity of plasma ions in electrostatic waves
1988. the Invited papers.A non perturbative optical probe for laser induced fluorescence diagnostics in magnetized plasma
1988Conservation laws and transport in Hamiltonian chaos
1988Optical diagnosis of plasma waves via the ion dielectric response
1988Open Cavity Excitation by an Electron-Beam
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1988.Conservation-Laws and Transport in Hamiltonian Chaos
Physical Review Letters. 1988. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2034.Optical Carriage for Laser-Induced Fluorescence in a Magnetized Plasma
Review of Scientific Instruments. 1988. DOI : 10.1063/1.1139956.Non linear response of plasma ions in linear electrostatic waves
1988Propects for high power quasi-optical gyrotrons operating in the millimeter wave range
1988Design-Features and Initial Test-Results of an 8 Ghz Gyrotron Oscillator
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1987.Finite amplitude electrostatic waves
1987. 1987 Int. Conference on Plasma Physics.A high power gyrotron oscillator at 8GHz
1987. Conference Digest 12th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.The Gyrotron - a Key Component of High-Power Microwave Transmitters
Brown Boveri Review. 1987.Stochastic Particle-Acceleration in an Electrostatic Wave
Physical Review Letters. 1987. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1430.Evolution of electrostatic waves and beam distribution function in a beam plasma system
1987. 1987 Int. Conference on Plasma Physics.Stochastic particle acceleration in an electrostatic wave
1987Gyrotron, a novel high-power microwave source
Europhysics News. 1987. DOI : 10.1051/epn/19871809120.Low power measurements of the quality factor of an open resonator with stepped mirrors
1986The 120 GHz quasi-optical gyrotron at the Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas
1986. 5th Int. Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating, San Diego, U.S.A., November 9-12, 1985. p. 294 - 299.Ion Heating Due to Rotation and Collision in Magnetized Plasma
Physical Review Letters. 1986. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.329.Efficiency optimization for quasi-optical gyrotrons
1986. 11th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Efficiency optimization for quasi-optical gyrotrons
1986Multimode simulation of the frequency spectrum of a quasi-optical gyrotron
1986A 5.0 Tesla superconducting magnet system for a gyrotron
1986. 9th Int. Conference on Magnet Technology.Low power measurements of the quality factor of an open resonator with stepped mirrors
1986. 11th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.On the Design of Open Resonators for Quasi-Optical Gyrotrons
International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 1986. DOI : 10.1007/BF01010859.Multimode Simulation of the Frequency-Spectrum of a Quasi-Optical Gryrotron
International Journal of Electronics. 1986. DOI : 10.1080/00207218608920937.Low-Power Measurements of the Quality Factor of an Open Resonator with Stepped Mirrors
International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 1986. DOI : 10.1007/BF01010079.On the design of open resonators for quasi-optical gyrotrons
1985. 10th Int. Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves.Electromagnetic radiation from interaction of high energy, low density
1985Influence of the Resonator Shape on the Characteristics of a Quasi-Optical Gyrotron
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1985.Plasma Physics - Report on the 1984 International-Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 27 June 3 July 1984
Nuclear Fusion. 1985. DOI : 10.1088/0029-5515/25/1/013.On the design of open resonators for quasi-optical gyrotrons
1985Report on the 1984 International conference on Plasma Physics
1984Evolution of the electron distribution function in a beam plasma system
1984. 1984 Int. Conference on Plasma Physics.Temporal and spatial evolution of electromagnetic radiation in a beam-plasma system
1984. 1984 Int. Conference on Plasma Physics.Special Issue on Gyrotrons .3. Papers Presented at the Symposium on Gyrotron Development, Lausanne, 4-6 July 1984 - Editorial Note
International Journal of Electronics. 1984.Open resonator for quasi-optical gyrotrons : structure of the modes and their influence
1984Quasi-optical gyroklystron development at the Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas
1984. 4th Int. Symposium on Heating in Toroidal Plasmas.Messprobleme bei 120 GHz
Bulletin ASE/UCS. 1984. DOI : 10.5169/seals-904498.Open Resonator for Quasi-Optical Gyrotrons - Structure of the Modes and Their Influence
International Journal of Electronics. 1984. DOI : 10.1080/00207218408938980.Free and Forced Ion-Cyclotron Waves in a Cylindrical Plasma Cavity
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1983.Kinetic Calculation of the Ponderomotive Effects of an Ion-Cyclotron Wave - an Application of the Oscillation-Centre Theory
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1983.The Linear Magnetized Plasma-Device
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1983.The Gyrotron - a High-Power Millimeter Wave Source
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1983.Nonlinear effects in a beam plasma system : second harmonic emission and density depression formation
1982The linear magnetized plasma device (LMP)
1982Free and forced ion cyclotron waves in a cylindrical cavity partially filled with a two ion species plasma
1982Doppler-Free Spectroscopy as Plasma Diagnostic
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1982.Plasma wave collapse generated by the interaction of two counterstreaming electron beams with a plasma
Plasma Physics [1967-1983]. 1982. DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/24/5/010.Non-Linear Effects in a Beam-Plasma System - 2nd Harmonic Emission and Density Depression Formation
Physica Scripta. 1982. DOI : 10.1088/0031-8949/1982/T2B/043.Emission of Electromagnetic-Waves at Frequencies around Twice the Plasma Frequency in a Laboratory Plasma
Physics Letters A. 1982. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(82)90254-7.Enhanced runaway production by waves in plasmas
Comments on plasma physics and controlled fusion. 1982.Stochastic-Behavior of Particles in a Circularly Polarized Standing Wave
Ieee Transactions on Plasma Science. 1982. DOI : 10.1109/TPS.1982.4316128.Leak tight vacuum seals for large windows and flanges at liquid helium temperature
Cryogenics. 1981. DOI : 10.1016/0011-2275(81)90236-8.Electromagnetic-Radiation from an Inhomogeneous-Plasma - Theory and Experiment
Physics of Fluids. 1981. DOI : 10.1063/1.863326.Passive Feedback Stabilization of the Levitated Coil by Means of Superconducting Loops
Journal of Applied Physics. 1981. DOI : 10.1063/1.328821.Electromagnetic-Radiation from an Inhomogeneous-Plasma
Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1980.Passive feedback stabilization of one levitated coil by means of superconducting loops
1980Nonlinear stationary potential structures
1980. Int. Conference on Plasma Physics.Electromagnetic radiation from in inhomogeneous plasma : theory and experiment
1980Detection of absolute instability of parametric decay
JETP Letters. 1979.Ion-acoustic solitons : a review of their experimental properties and related theories
Physica Scripta. 1979. DOI : 10.1088/0031-8949/20/3-4/004.Observation of the absolute parametric decay instability
1978Etude des propriétés des ondes acoustiques linéaires et des solitons acoustiques dans un plasma d'argon et d'helium
1977Experimental-Study of Propagation of Ion-Acoustic Soliton in a Warm Multi-Ion Plasma
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1977.Shock-Like Solutions of Korteweg-Devries Equation
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1977. DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/19/4/008.Experimental-Study of Propagation of Ion-Acoustic Solutions in a Warm Multi-Ion Plasma
Physical Review A. 1977. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.16.1284.Trapped Electron in Ion-Acoustic Waves and Solitons
Physics Letters A. 1976. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(76)90764-7.Propagation of Ion-Acoustic Solitons in a Warm Ion Plasma
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1976. DOI : 10.5169/seals-114781.Nonlinear excitation of acoustic waves in a double plasma device
Phys. Fluids. 1976. DOI : 10.1063/1.861640.Shocklike solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation
1976Nonlinear excitation of acoustic waves in a double plasma device
1976Propagation of Argon-Ion and Helium-Ion Acoustic Modes in an Argon-Helium Plasma
Physical Review A. 1976. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.14.2301.Spatial Propagation of Ion-Acoustic Waves in a 2-Component Plasma .2. Experiment
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1975.Spatial Propagation of Ion-Acoustic Waves in a 2-Component Plasma .1. Theory
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1975.Nonlinear Excitation of Ion-Acoustic Waves in a Multi-Species Plasma
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1975.Plasma Confinement by a Magnetic Shell Configuration
Physics Letters A. 1975. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(75)90229-7.Parametric Study of Confinement Properties of a Magnetic Wall
Physics Letters A. 1974. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(74)90618-5.Plasma Box with Multipolar Magnetic Boundary
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1974.Collisionless Ion-Acoustic Shocks in a 2 Component Plasma
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1974. DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/16/12/012.Korteweg-De Vries Equation for a 2-Component Plasma
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1974. DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/16/7/005.Effect of Ionic Temperature on Soliton Propagation in Plasma with Two Ionic Components
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1974.Propagation of solitary waves in a two ion species plasma with finite ion temperature
1974Propagation of Solitary Waves in a 2 Ion Species Plasma with Finite Ion Temperature
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 1974. DOI : 10.1088/0032-1028/16/12/006.A plasma box using magnetic multipole confinement
1973Collisionless ion acoustic shock waves in a two component plasma
1973The Korteweg-de Vries Equation
1973Research
Information bibliométrique
About 123 peer reviewed publications, 1'1420 citations, h-index: 22
Web site of the Laboratory
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Research interests
Heating of fusion plasma; Technology (electron cyclotron heating, material science, superconductivity) for fusion reactors (ITER, DEMO)
Publications sélectionnées
• On the heating mix of ITER, Wagner F. et al., Tran M.Q.; Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 52, 12044 (2010)
• First experimental results from the EU 2 MW coaxial cavity ITER gyrotron prototype: Hogge J.PH et al., and Tran MQ; Fusion Science and Technology 55, 204-212 (2009)
• Power plant conceptual studies in Europe: Maisonnier D., et al. and Tran M.Q., Nuclear Fusion 47, 1624 -1532 (2007)
• Status of R&D activities on materials for fusion reactors: Baluc N. et al. and Tran M. Q.; Nuclear Fusion 47, S696-717 (2007)
• EU megawatt class 140 GHz gyrotron: Thumm M. et al. and Tran M.Q.; IEEE Trans. On Plasma Science 35, 143-153 (2007)
Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students
Bertrand Blau, Pierre Mandrin, Lukas Stingelin, Ciro Calzolaio, Agnieszka Priebe, Natalia Hanna Glowa, Stefano Mattei