Alessandro Bruschi
Physicist with more than 30 years of experience in Fusion and Plasma Science and Technology.
Work on:
– Propagation of millimetre-wave beams in guided and quasi-optical systems for Electron Cyclotron Heating (ECH)
– High power components and calorimetric loads at millimeter wavelengths
– Launchers for high-power injection of millimeter-wave beams for Plasma Heating
– Design of transmission lines for Tokamaks DTT and DEMO
– Operation of CTS diagnostic at millimeter wavelengths for FTU ECH system
– Research and development of high power millimetre-wave diplexers/combiners for ECRH transmission lines.
Responsibilities:
– Design, construction and installation of the ECRH Launchers for Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU)
– Technical responsible for ISTP of F4E Grants on Design, Development and Validation of the European Gyrotron for ITER.
– Principal investigator of EUROfusion Enabling Research Projects on Experimental investigation of PDI excitation and of their impact on the efficiency of the EC heating.
– EUROFusion DEMO: Task Area Leader in Work Package Heating and Current Drive for EC system design in 2020 and in the field of Transmission Line, Antenna and RAMI analysis in 2021-2022.
- EXPERTISE Millimetre-Waves, Quasi-Optics, Plasma Heating
- ROLE Senior Researcher
- PHONE +39 02 66173 265
- ISTP OFFICE Milano
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MY SELECTED
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS Observation of short time-scale spectral emissions at millimeter wavelengths with the new CTS diagnostic on the FTU tokamak
Year: 2017 Product Type: Journal Article
Diplexers for power combination and switching in high power ECRH system
Year: 2010 Product Type: Journal Article
A New Launcher for Real-Time ECRH Experiments on FTU
Year: 2009 Product Type: Journal Article
Design of a high-power load for millimetre-wave gaussian beams
Year: 2003 Product Type: Journal Article
ECRH antenna at 140 GHz on FTU tokamak
Year: 2001 Product Type: Journal Article
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Progress on the conceptual design of the antennas for the DTT ECRH system
Fanale F.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A. -
European Gyrotron Development for Advanced Operation Regimes in Nuclear Fusion Experiments and in DEMO
Illy S.; Jelonnek J.; Gantenbein G.; Rzesnicki T.; Ell B.; Feuerstein L.; Jin J.; Krier L.; Marek A.; Ruess T.; Shcherbinin V.; Stanculovic S.; Thumm M.; Vohringer M.; Wu C.; Strauss D.; Aiello G.; Meier A.; Scherer T.; Hogge J.-P.; [ Et al. ] -
Integrated software for the analysis of high-resolution scattering signals during mm-wave beam injection
Baiocchi, B.; Bin, W.; Bruschi, A.; Figini, L.; Tartari, U.; Alessi, E.; D’Arcangelo, O. -
Overview of the FTU results
Pucella, G.; Alessi, E.; Almaviva, S.; Angelini, B.; Apicella, M. L.; Apruzzese, G.; Aquilini, M.; Artaserse, G.; Baiocchi, B.; Baruzzo, M.; Belli, F.; Bin, W.; Bombarda, F.; Boncagni, L.; Briguglio, S.; Bruschi, A.; Buratti, P.; Calabro, G.; Cappelli, M.; Cardinali, [ Et al. ] -
Assessment of the Performance of Different Cooling Configurations for the Launcher Mirrors of the ECRH System of the DTT Facility
Allio A.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Fanale F.; Fanelli P.; Garavaglia S.; Giorgetti F.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Savoldi L. -
Assessment of ECRH vacuum compatibility with DTT plasma operation
Balbinot L.; Sartori E.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Innocente P.; Romano A.; Vassallo E. -
Status and future development of Heating and Current Drive for the EU DEMO
Tran M.Q.; Agostinetti P.; Aiello G.; Avramidis K.; Baiocchi B.; Barbisan M.; Bobkov V.; Briefi S.; Bruschi A.; Chavan R.; Chelis I.; Day C.; Delogu R.; Ell B.; Fanale F.; Fassina A.; Fantz U.; Faugel H.; Figini L.; Fiorucci D.; [ Et al. ] -
Development of the Multi-Beam Transmission Line for DTT ECRH system
Garavaglia S.; Balbinot L.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Fanelli P.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Sartori E.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A.; Vassallo E. -
Basic design considerations for a frequency step-tunable ECCD system to suppress NTMs in DEMO
Wu C.; Aiello G.; Avramidis K.A.; Bruschi A.; Fable E.; Franke T.; Gantenbein G.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Illy S.; Janky F.; Jelonnek J.; Kudlacek O.; Moro A.; Poli E.; Ruess T.; Scherer T.; Schramm R.; Siccinio M.; Snicker A.; [ Et al. ] -
Preconceptual Design of the Port Cell Section for the EU DEMO Equatorial EC System
Spaech P.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Franke T.; Garavaglia S.; Strauss D.; Minh-Quang T. -
Design progress of structural components of the EU DEMO EC equatorial launcher
Spaeh P.; Bruschi A.; Chavan R.; Clement A.; Crisinel F.; Cufar A.; Fanale F.; Garavaglia S.; Hogge J.P.; Noel M.; Strauss D.; Wu C. -
Conceptual Design of the DTT ECRH Quasi-Optical Transmission Line
Bruschi A.; Allio A.; Fanale F.; Fanelli P.; Garavaglia S.; Giorgetti F.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Savoldi L.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A. -
Progress on the conceptual design of the antennas for the DTT ECRH system
Fanale F.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A. -
Study of magnetic effects on DTT ECRH front-steering mirror
Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Braghin F.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A. -
Study of magnetic effects on DTT ECRH front-steering mirror
Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Braghin F.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F., Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A.; Zanon F. -
Linear plasma device GyM for plasma-material interaction studies
Uccello A.; Bin W.; Bruschi A.; Causa F.; Cremona A.; De Angeli M.; Farina D.; Gatto G.; Gervasini G.; Ghezzi F.; Gittini G.; Granucci G.; Grosso G.; Laguardia L.; Lontano M.; Mellera V.; Minelli D.; Nardone A.; Pedroni M.; Ripamonti [ Et al. ] -
Quasi-Optical design of ECRH mirrors for ITER first plasma operations
Fanale, F.; Bruschi, A.; Darcourt, O.; Farina, D.; Figini, L.; Gandini, F.; Hernderson, M.; Hunt, R.; Moro, A.; Platania, P.; Plaum, B. -
Development of the electron cyclotron resonance heating system for Divertor Tokamak Test
Garavaglia S.; Balbinot L.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Fanale F.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Rispoli N.; Romano A.; Sartori E.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A.; Vassallo E. -
Conceptual design of the DTT ECRH quasi-optical transmission line
Bruschi A.; Allio A.; Fanale F.; Fanelli P.; Garavaglia S.; Giorgetti F.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Savldi L.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A. -
The design of the ECH system of DTT
Romano A.; Baiocchi B.; Balbinot L.; Bin W.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; De Nardi M.; Fanale F.; Fanelli P.; Figini L.; Gaio E.; Garavaglia S.; Giorgetti F.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Pepato A.; Platania P. -
Development of the Multi-Beam Transmission Line for DTT ECRH system
Garavaglia S.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F., Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Romano A.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A.; Vassallo E. -
Development of the ECRH system for DTT
Garavaglia S.; Balbinot L.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Bussolan A.; Fanale F.; Moro A.; Granucci G.; Platania P.; Rispoli N.; Romano A.; Sartori E.; Schmuck S.; Simonetto A.; Vassallo E. -
In-vessel piezoelectric actuation system for DTT ECRH launchers: Conceptual design
Busi D.; Braghin F.; Bruschi A.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A. -
ECRH and ECCD modelling studies for DTT
Baiocchi B.; Figini L.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Romano A. -
Proposal of a testing procedure to qualify ITER window assemblies and absorbing coatings exposed to high microwave stray radiation
Gelfusa M.; Donnini R.; Vila R.; Simonetto A.; Bruschi A.; Cucè D.; Lazzari A.; Maquet P.; Mirizzi F.; Murari A.; Nobili M.; Peluso E.; Romanelli F.; Sirinelli A.; Sozzi C. -
TH1509U European 170 GHZ 1 MW CW Industrial Gyrotron Upgrade
Leggieri, Alberto; Bariou, David; Hermann, Virgile; Legrand, Francois; Lietaer, Gerald; Lievin, Christophe; Marchesin, Rodolphe; Thouvenin, Philippe; Albajar, Ferran; Sanchez, Francisco; Avramidis, Kostantinos A.; Gantenbein, Gerd; Illy, Stefan; Ioannidis, Zisis; Jelonnek, John; Jin, Jianbo; Pagonakis, Ioannis Gr; Rzesnicki, Tomasz; Thumm, Manfred; [ Et al. ] -
Basic design considerations for a frequency step-tunable electron cyclotron wave system to suppress NTMs in DEMO
Wu C.; Aiello G.; Avramidis K.A.; Bruschi A.; Fable E.; Franke T.; Gantenbein G.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Illy S.; Janky F.; Jelonnek J.; Kudlacek O.; Moro A.; Poli E.; Ruess T.; Scherer T.; Schramm R.; Siccinio M.; Snicker A.; [ Et al. ] -
Design validation of in-vessel mirrors and beam dump for first plasma operations in ITER
Fanale F.; Bruschi A.; Darcourt O.; Farina D.; Figini L.; Gandini F.; Henderson M.; Hunt R.; Lechte C.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Plaum B. -
The RF heating systems of italian DTT
Granucci G.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Garavaglia S.; Figini L.; Fanale F.; Bin W.; Ceccuzzi S.; Cardinali A.; Ravera G.L.; Tuccillo A.; Loschiavo V.P. -
Operations with spherical calorimetric loads in different configurations at gyrotron test stands at EPFL and QST
Bin W.; Bruschi A.; Fanale F.; Lucca F.; Alberti S.; Carannante G.; Cavinato M.; Goodman T.; Hogge J.-P.; Legrand F.; Sanchez F.; Takahashi K.; Albajar F.; Chelis I.; Dell’Era F.; Fasel D.; Gantenbein G.; Granucci G.; Ikeda R.; Illy S.; [ Et al. ] -
Integration concept of an Electron Cyclotron System in DEMO
Franke T.; Aiello G.; Avramidis K.; Bachmann C.; Baiocchi B.; Baylard C.; Bruschi A.; Chauvin D.; Cufar A.; Chavan R.; Gliss C.; Fanale F.; Figini L.; Gantenbein G.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Jelonnek J.; Lopez G.S.; Moro A.; Moscheni M.; [ Et al. ] -
Progress of DTT ECRH system design
Garavaglia S.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Fanale F.; Figini L.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Rispoli N.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Sartori E.; Schmuck S.; Vassallo E. -
Progress of DTT ECRH system design
Garavaglia S.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Fanale F.; Figini L.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Rispoli N.; Romano A.; Salvitti A.; Sartori E.; Schmuck S.; Vassallo E. -
ECRH and ECCD modeling studies for DEMO
Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Moro A. -
Preliminary design and thermal analyses of the steerable mirror cooling channel of the DTT ECRH
Salvitti A.; Bruschi A.; Busi D.; Fanale F.; Giorgetti F.; Granucci G.; Calabro G.; Fanelli P.; Nobili M. -
Megawatt Power Generation of the Dual-Frequency Gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in Long Pulses
Hogge, J-P; Alberti, S.; Avramidis, K. A.; Bruschi, A.; Bin, W.; Cau, F.; Cismondi, F.; Dubray, J.; Fasel, D.; Gantenbein, G.; Garavaglia, S.; Genoud, J.; Goodman, T. P.; Illy, S.; Jin, J.; Legrand, F.; Marchesin, R.; Marletaz, B.; Masur, J.; [ Et al. ] -
The Heating Current Drive System of Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT)
Granucci G.; Ravera G.; Bruschi A.; Ceccuzzi S.; Agostinetti P.; Garavaglia S.; Romano A.; Ferro A. -
EU DEMO EC equatorial launcher pre-conceptual performance studies
Garavaglia S.; Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Cufar A.; Fanale F.; Granucci G.; Moro A.; Poli E.; Rispoli N.; Scherer T.; Siccinio M.; Spah P.; Strauss D.; Tigelis I.; Tsironis C.; Franke T.; Tran M.Q. -
Tests and developments of a long-pulse high-power 170 GHz absorbing matched load
Bin, W.; Bruschi, A.; Fanale, F.; Francesca, M.; Lucca, F.; Albajar, F.; Alberti, S.; Carannante, G.; Cavinato, M.; Chelis, I.; Dell’Era, F.; Fasel, D.; Gantenbein, G.; Goodman, T.; Granucci, G.; Hogge, J. -P.; Ikeda, R.; Ioannidis, Z.; Legrand, F.; Mellera, [ Et al. ] -
Overview of the FTU results
Pucella G.; Alessi E.; Angelini B.; Apicella M.L.; Apruzzese G.; Artaserse G.; Baiocchi B.; Belli F.; Bin W.; Bombarda F.; Boncagni L.; Botrugno A.; Briguglio S.; Bruschi A.; Buratti P.; Calabro G.; Cappelli M.; Cardinali A.; Carnevale D.; Carraro L.; [ Et al. ] -
Recent experiments with the European 1MW, 170GHz industrial CW and short-pulse gyrotrons for ITER
Ioannidis Z.C.; Albajar F.; Alberti S.; Avramidis K.A.; Bin W.; Bonicelli T.; Bruschi A.; Chelis J.; Fanale F.; Gantenbein G.; Genoud J.; Hogge J.-P.; Hermann V.; Illy S.; Jelonnek J.; Jin J.; Kasparek W.; Latsas G.P.; Legrand F.; Lechte C.; [ Et al. ] -
Equatorial electron cyclotron port plug neutronic analyses for the EU DEMO
Cufar A.; Bruschi A.; Fischer U.; Franke T.; Granucci G.; Grossetti G.; Kodeli I.A.; Trombetta D.; Villari R. -
Nearing final design of the ITER EC H&CD Upper Launcher
Strauss D.; Aiello G.; Bertizzolo R.; Bruschi A.; Casal N.; Chavan R.; Farina D.; Figini L.; Gagliardi M.; Goodman T.P.; Grossetti G.; Heemskerk C.; Henderson M.A.; Kasparek W.; Koning J.; Landis J.-D.; Leichtle D.; Meier A.; Moro A.; Nowak S.; [ Et al. ] -
Stray millimeter-wave radiation loads on ITER fused silica windows
Gelfusa M.; Simonetto A.; Mirizzi F.; Peluso E.; Calamida A.; Bruschi A.; Donnini R.; Sozzi C.; Romanelli F.; Cucè D.; Nobili M.; Lazzari A.; Vila R.; Sirinelli A.; Maquet P. -
Towards Advanced Fusion Gyrotrons: 2018 Update on Activities within EUROfusion
Jelonnek J.; Aiello G.; Alberti S.; Avramidis K.; Bruschi A.; Chelis I.; Franke T.; Gantenbein G.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Grossetti G.; Illy S.; Ioannidis Z.; Jin J.; Kalaria P.; Latsas G.; Pagonakis I.; Peponis D.; Rzesnicki T.; Ruess S.; [ Et al. ] -
Report of recent experiments with the European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW and SP prototype gyrotrons for ITER
Ioannidis Z.; Rzesnicki T.; Albajar F.; Alberti S.; Avramidis K.; Bin W.; Bonicelli T.; Bruschi A.; Chelis I.; Fanale F.; Gantenbein G.; Hermann V.; Hogge J.-P.; Illy S.; Jin J.; Jelonnek J.; Kasparek W.; Latsas G.; Lechte C.; Legrand F.; [ Et al. ] -
Side emissions during EC injection for PDI studies in FTU tokamak
Bruschi A.; Alessi A.; Baiocchi B.; Bin W.; D’Arcangelo O.; Fanale F.; Figini L.; Galperti C.; Garavaglia S.; Gittini G.; Granucci G.; Grosso G.; Lubyako L.; Mazzotta C.; Mellera V.; Moro A.; Orsitto F.; Pallotta F.; Rocchi G.; Simonetto A.; [ Et al. ] -
Metrology techniques for the verification of the alignment of the EU gyrotron prototype for ITER
Sanchez F.; Albajar F.; Lo Bue A.; Alberti S.; Avramidis K.; Bonicelli T.; Bruschi A.; Gantenbein G.; Hogge J.-P.; Illy S.; Ioannidis Z.; Leggieri A.; Legrand F.; Pagonakis I.; Perial E.; Rzesnicki T.; Thumm M.; Tigelis I. -
Design and implementation of quasi-optical components for the upgrade of the TCV EC-system
Moro, A.; Alberti, S.; Bruschi, A.; Garavaglia, S.; Goodman, T.; Hogge, J. P.; Jin, J.; Porte, L.; Ramseyer, F.; Silva, M.; Toussaint, M. -
Overview of recent gyrotron R&D towards DEMO within EUROfusion Work Package Heating and Current Drive
Avramidis, Konstantinos A.; Aiello, Gaetano; Alverti, Stefano; Bruecker, Philipp Thomas; Bruschi, Alex; Chelis, Ioannis; Franke, Thomas; Gantenbein, Gerd; Garavaglia, Saul; Genoud, Jeremy; George, Marc; Granucci, Gustavo; Grossetti, Giovanni; Hogge, Jean-Philippe; Illy, Stefan; Ioannidis, Zisis C.; Jelonnek, John; Jin, Jianbo; Kalaria, [ Et al. ] -
Analysis of runaway electron expulsion during tokamak instabilities detected by a single-channel Cherenkov probe in FTU
Causa, F.; Buratti, P.; Alessi, E.; Angelini, B.; Apicella, M. L.; Apruzzese, G.; Artaserse, G.; Baiocchi, B.; Belli, F.; Bin, W.; Bombarda, F.; Boncagni, L.; Botrugno, A.; Briguglio, S.; Bruschi, A.; Buratti, P.; Calabro, G.; Cappelli, M.; Cardinali, A.; Carnevale, [ Et al. ] -
Integration of a secondary line for non-scattering plasma signals and gyrotron’s spectrum monitoring
Bin, W.; Bruschi, A.; D’Arcangelo, O.; Fanale, F.; Baiocchi, B.; Gittini, G.; Pallotta, F.; Garavaglia, S.; Granucci, G.; Grosso, G.; Moro, A.; Orsitto, F.; Tartari, U.