Publications by Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne

Helicon normal modes in radially non-uniform plasma column

Ivo Furno, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier

Helicon discharges are often considered somewhat mysterious, exhibiting experimental behaviors that are challenging to explain, such as abrupt plasma density jumps, hysteresis, and ‘blue core’ formation, among others. A significant part of the difficulty i ...

2025

A birdcage resonant antenna for helicon wave generation in TORPEX

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Marcelo Baquero Ruiz, Robert Bertizzolo

A birdcage resonant helicon antenna is designed, mounted, and tested in the toroidal device TORPEX. The birdcage resonant antenna is an alternative to the usual Boswell or half-helical antenna designs commonly used for ∼ 10 cm diameter helicon sources in l ...

2024

First Thomson scattering results from AWAKE’s helicon plasma source

Ivo Furno, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Yanis Andrebe, Christine Stollberg

We present the first results of electron density and temperature measurements obtained from Thomson scattering at the helicon plasma source (HPS) for the AWAKE project. These measurements are compared to simulation results from a 1D power and particle bala ...

2024

Determination of atomic hydrogen density and fluorescence decay time by 1D resolved, picosecond TALIF in the RAID linear device

Ivo Furno, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Yanis Andrebe, Rémy Jacquier, Marcelo Baquero Ruiz, Christine Stollberg

We report on the first 1D resolved two-photon absorption laser-induced fluorescence (TALIF) measurements of atomic hydrogen (H) performed in the Resonant Antenna Ion Device using a picosecond laser system. The results are obtained across a cylindrical plas ...

2024

Resonant network antennas for radio-frequency plasma sources: Theory, technology and applications

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne

Resonant antennas are increasingly employed by the plasma industry, and the theory has now developed alongside the technological applications to the extent that it is timely to document the progress in this field to aid antenna design for future novel RF p ...

Institute of Physics Publishing2024

A double-ended helicon source to symmetrize RAID plasma

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Marcelo Baquero Ruiz, Riccardo Agnello, Christine Stollberg

Neutral Beam Injectors (NBI) for post-DEMO-like reactors must achieve a neutralization efficiency (fraction neutrals/ions) above 70%. To reach this, NBIs based on negative ions are necessary and an innovative concept of this type of injector is based on ph ...

2023

A 1.5D fluid-Monte Carlo model of a hydrogen helicon plasma

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello

Helicon plasma sources operating with hydrogen or deuterium might be attractive for fusion applications due to their higher power efficiency compared to inductive radiofrequency plasma sources. In recent years, the resonant antenna ion device (RAID) has be ...

2022

Negative hydrogen ion dynamics inside the plasma volume of a linear device: Estimates from particle-in-cell calculations

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello

Negative hydrogen or deuterium ions are the precursor particles used to generate a high power beam of neutrals in order to heat the tokamak plasma core of magnetic fusion devices, inject current, and to some extent control instabilities. In the case of ITE ...

2021

Helicon wave plasma generated by a resonant birdcage antenna: magnetic field measurements and analysis in the RAID linear device

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello

This paper describes a helicon-wave-sustained plasma generated by a novel birdcage antenna with cosine azimuthal current distribution. The resonant birdcage source maintains a stable intense plasma column from low (300 W) to high (10 kW) steady-state RF po ...

2021

Latest experimental and theoretical advances in the production of negative ions in caesium-free plasmas

Ivo Furno, Alan Howling, Philippe Frédérique Bruno Guittienne, Rémy Jacquier, Riccardo Agnello, Samir Suweis

This topical review gathers the last updates concerning caesium-free negative ion sources presented during the 63rd Course of the International school of Quantum Electronics of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and European collaborative works related to thes ...

2021