GERMANY - STU

INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAFORSCHUNG
UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART

Pfaffenwaldring 31, D-70569 Stuttgart

Telephone: +49 711 685 2302
Telefax: +49 711 685 3102
E-mail: ipf@ipf.uni-stuttgart.de

Director:

Schumacher, Uwe

Plasma Heating

Kasparek, Walter (Leader)
Gantenbein, Gerd
Hailer, Horst
Klenge, Stefan

Kumric, Helga
Müller, Günter
Plaum, Burkhard
Schüller, Paul-Gerhard

Schwörer, Karl
Wacker, Rolf
Wagner, Dietmar

ECRH systems development; MHD stability of fusion plasmas; ECRH experiments in co-operation with IPP Garching and Greifswald (see GAR) and FZK Karlsruhe.

Plasma Spectroscopy and Plasma Applications

Schumacher, Uwe (Leader)
Altmann, Ingo
Bazzoun, Kassem
Dodel, Günter

Feichtinger, Jochen
Hirsch, Kurt
Holzhauer, Eberhard
Krüger, Jochen

Lindner, Peter
Schulz, Andreas
Tawfik, Abdelnasser
Walker, Matthias

Atomic and molecular spectroscopy, plasma-wall interaction, laser induced fluorescence, microwave scattering.

Research activities:
Microwave technology and fusion research: Development of high power microwave systems for ECRH and plasma technology (frequency range: 2.45 to 140 GHz; power range: kW to MW, pulsed or cw) for fusion plasmas. Application to plasma build-up, heating, current drive, MHD instability suppression, and microwave processing of materials.

Laser diagnostics and spectroscopy: Development of diagnostic methods for measuring plasma parameters by means of quantitative and high resolution spectroscopy of molecules, atoms and ions, and by laser techniques. Development of optical components and lasers in the far-infrared and ultraviolet spectral range. Evaluation of atomic rate coefficients and development of collisional-radiative models applicable to various plasmas from plasma processing to controlled thermonuclear fusion.