High-power microwave diplexers for advanced ECRH systems

In electron Cyclotron resonance heating systems, high-power multiplexers can be employed as power combiners, adjustable power dividers, fast switches to toggle the power between two launchers, as well as frequency sensitive directional Couplers to combine heating and diagnostic applications on one launcher. In the paper. various diplexer designs for quasi-optical and corrugated waveguide transmission systems are discussed. Numerical calculations. low-power tests and especially high-power experiments performed at the ECRH system of W7-X are shown, which demonstrate the capability of these devices. Near term plans for applications on ASDEX Upgrade and FTU are presented. Based on the present results, options for implementation of power combiners and fast switches in the ECRH system of ITER is discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.