Radiofrequency and Mechanical Tests of Silver Coated CuCrZr Contacts for the ITER Ion Cyclotron Antenna

Julien Hillairet, Z. Chen, G Lombard +16

The ITER Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH) system is designed to couple to the plasma 20 MW of RF power from two antennas in the 40-55 MHz frequency range during long pulses o…