Publications by Philippe Marmillod

New capabilities of the incoherent Thomson scattering diagnostics in the TCV tokamak: divertor and real-time measurements

Basil Duval, Patrick Blanchard, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Xavier Llobet, Joan Decker, Yanis Andrebe, Pierre Lavanchy, Cristian Galperti, Philippe Marmillod, Blaise Marlétaz

This work reports developments of the incoherent TS diagnostic capabilities in the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV). Their goals are to (i) diagnose the TCV divertor region, and (ii) provide Te and ne profiles of the plasma bulk in real-time. These t ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2019

LTCC magnetic sensors at EPFL and TCV: Lessons learnt for ITER

Duccio Testa, Xavier Llobet, Pierre Lavanchy, Matthieu Toussaint, Ugo Siravo, Frédéric Dolizy, Jonathan Bryan Lister, Steve Couturier, Thomas Maeder, Philippe Marmillod

Innovative 3D high-frequency magnetic sensors have been designed and manufactured in-house for installation on the Tokamak a Configuration Variable (TCV), and are currently routinely operational. These sensors combine the Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic ( ...

2019

Langmuir probe electronics upgrade on the tokamak a configuration variable

Benoît Labit, Christian Gabriel Theiler, René Chavan, Pierre Lavanchy, Richard Pitts, Philippe Marmillod, Blaise Marlétaz, Hugo De Oliveira

A detailed description of the Langmuir probe electronics upgrade for TCV (Tokamak a Configuration Variable) is presented. The number of amplifiers and corresponding electronics has been increased from 48 to 120 in order to simultaneously connect all of the ...

2019

Improving spatial and spectral resolution of TCV Thomson scattering

Basil Duval, Patrick Blanchard, René Chavan, Joan Decker, Xavier Llobet, Yanis Andrebe, Matthieu Toussaint, Pierre Lavanchy, Philippe Marmillod, Robert Bertizzolo

The recently completed MST2 upgrade to the Thomson scattering (TS) system on TCV (Tokamak a Configuration Variable) at the Swiss Plasma Center aims to provide an enhanced spatial and spectral resolution while maintaining the high level of diagnostic flexib ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2017

High sensitivity field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer

Jürgen Brugger, Giovanni Boero, Alessandro Valentino Matheoud, Mario Andres Chavarria Varon, Philippe Marmillod

A high sensitivity field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer (FAIMS) was designed, fabricated, and tested. The main components of the system are a 10.6 eV UV photoionization source, an ion filter driven by a high voltage/high frequency n-MOS inverter circ ...

American Institute of Physics2017

Neutral beam heating on the TCV tokamak

Olivier Sauter, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Yves Martin, René Chavan, Alexander Karpushov, Damien Fasel, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Xavier Llobet

2017

Commissioning of the heating neutral beam injector on the TCV tokamak

Damien Fasel, Alexander Karpushov, Yanis Andrebe, Ugo Siravo, Jérémie Dubray, Philippe Marmillod, Albert Perez, Blaise Marlétaz

2017

Upgrade of a 30 kV/10 mA anode power supply for triode type gyrotron

Stefano Alberti, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Damien Fasel, Ugo Siravo, Jérémie Dubray, Philippe Marmillod, Albert Perez, Blaise Marlétaz

The RF power of a gyrotron with a triode type magnetron-injection-gun (MIG) can be directly controlled via the voltage applied between its anode and its cathode. Hence, the performance of this type of gyrotron relies directly on the possibilities offered b ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

Development of the ITER Continuous External Rogowski: From conceptual design to final design

Duccio Testa, Christian Schlatter, Matthieu Toussaint, Jonathan Bryan Lister, Philippe Marmillod

In ITER, an accurate measurement of plasma current, with high reliability, is mandatory as this parameter is used to demonstrate licensing compliance with regulatory limits. For that purpose, several independent measurements based on magnetic diagnostics h ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

Electron Cyclotron Emission (ECE) And Correlation ECE Diagnostic On TCV

Laurie Porte, Philippe Marmillod, Matteo Fontana

The electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and correlation ECE diagnostics in TCV have been upgraded during its 2014 shutdown; this paper will provide a brief overview on their updated architecture and capabilities. The ECE system is equipped with two radiomete ...

2015