A gyrotron enabling high-power, long-pulse oscillations at both 110 and 138 GHz has been developed for electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (CD) in JT-60SA. Oscillations of 1 MW for 100 s have been demonstrated at both frequencies, for the first time in the world as a gyrotron operating at two frequencies. The optimization of the anode voltage, or the electron pitch factor, using a triode gun was a key to obtain high power and high efficiency at two frequencies. It was also confirmed that the internal losses in the gyrotron were sufficiently low for expected long pulse operation at the higher power level of ∼1.5 MW. Another important result is that an oscillation at 82 GHz, which enables use of fundamental harmonic waves in JT-60SA while the other two frequencies are used as second harmonics waves, was demonstrated up to 0.4 MW for 2 s. These results of the gyrotron development significantly contribute to enhancing the operation regime of the ECH/CD system in JT-60SA.
) layers with respective thicknesses of 500 nm and 1 µm to form the top and the bottom ohmic contacts. At room temperature, the C-V characteristics show a maximum capacitance C max at approximately -1.8 V because of the induced piezoelectric field within the heterostructure, and the I-V characteristics show an increase in leakage current below -1.5 V and above 0.5 V.
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