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Alessandro Moro
I’m a Physicist and I deal with the development of components and systems for mm-waves for fusion plasmas applications. My activity at CNR started in 2004 and includes the design, construction and exploitation of components for ECRH systems in tokamak devices (FTU, TCV), including the future ones (ITER, JT-60SA, DTT, DEMO). I work on the modeling of complex optical systems and their characterization at low and high microwave power. I have participated in EC heated plasma experiments.
During my years at ISTP (formerly IFP) I was able to participate in the design and exploitation of an antenna to inject electronic cyclotron waves for real-time experiments on the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade. Thanks to the experience on the high-power ECRH system of FTU, I am now among the operators of the heating system of the TCV tokamak (5 gyrotron units, 4 MW of total power, 2 s pulses) during operations in the experimental campaigns with the ECRH group of the Swiss Plasma Center. I was responsible officer of a contract for the development of components for the first plasma of ITER. I am Project Leader for the activities on the Transmission Lines of the ECRH system of the DTT tokamak.
- EXPERTISE mm-wave physics, Gaussian optics, Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating systems, gyrotron operator, Plasma-wave interaction
- ROLE Researcher
- MAIL alessandro.moro@istp.cnri.it
- PHONE +39 02 66173 247
- ISTP OFFICE Milano
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MY SELECTED
RESEARCH
PRODUCTS Design of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating protection components for first plasma operations in ITER
Year: 2020 Product Type: Journal Article
Design and implementation of quasi-optical components for the upgrade of the TCV EC-system
Year: 2019 Product Type: Journal Article
Electron cyclotron stray radiation detection and machine protection system proposal for JT-60SA
Year: 2017 Product Type: Journal Article
Low Power Tests on the New Front Steering EC Launcher for FTU
Year: 2011 Product Type: Journal Article
General astigmatic beam propagation in complex quasi-optical launchers: appllication to the ITER ECRH Remote Steering Upper Launcher
Year: 2007 Product Type: Journal Article
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Nuclear fusion 62 (4), pp. 042004-1 - 042004-13 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac1802
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. ] -
Nuclear fusion 62 (4), pp. 042018-1 - 042018-16 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac369b
Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme
Reimerdes, H.; Agostini, M.; Alessi, E.; Alberti, S.; Andrebe, Y.; Arnichand, H.; Balbin, J.; Bagnato, F.; Baquero-Ruiz, M.; Bernert, M.; Bin, W.; Blanchard, P.; Blanken, T. C.; Boedo, J. A.; Brida, D.; Brunner, S.; Bogar, C.; Bogar, O.; Bolzonella, T.; [ Et al. ] -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 180 pp. 113159-1 - 113159-26 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113159
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. ] -
21st joint workshop on electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France , 20-24 June 2022 Year: 2022
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. -
31st Symposium on Fusion Technology - SOFT 2020, , Virtual Edition , 20-25 September 2020 Year: 2020
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. ] -
32nd Symposium on Fusion Technology - SOFT 2022, , Dubrovnik, Croatia / hybrid , 18-23 September 2022 Year: 2022
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. -
32nd Symposium on Fusion Technology - SOFT 2022, , Dubrovnik, Croatia / hybrid , 18-23 September 2022 Year: 2022
Electron Cyclotron stray radiation detector studies for JT-60SA
Moro A.; Ayllon J.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Kajiwara K.; Kobayashi T.; Piccinni C.; Simonetto A.; Sozzi C.; Urano H.; Yoshida M. -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 191 pp. 113535-1 - 113535-5 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113535
Electron Cyclotron stray radiation detector studies for JT-60SA
Moro A.; Ayllon J.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Kajiwara K.; Kobayashi T.; Piccinni C.; Simonetto A.; Sozzi C.; Urano H.; Yoshida M. -
44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2019), pp. 1 - 2 , Paris, France , 01-06 September 2019 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2019.8874088
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. -
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 41 (4), pp. 044201-1 - 044201-9 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.1116/6.0002396
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. -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 194 pp. 113727-1 - 113727-8 Year: 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113727
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. -
EPS 2023 - 49th European Conference on Plasma Physics, , Bordeaux, France , 3-7 July 2023 Year: 2023
Validation of the pre-burn phase of advanced non-inductive operational scenario for tokamak reactor in the high beta long pulse TCV experiments
Voitsekhovitch I.; Coda S.; Piron C.; Auriemma F.; Vallar M.; Agostini M.; Bagnato F.; Burckart A.; Coosemans R.A.J.; Decker J.; Garavaglia S.; Jardin A.; Mazon D.; Moro A.; Nowak S.; Pau A.; Piron L.; Sauter O.; Simons L.; Ugoletti M.; [ Et al. ] -
EPS 2023 - 49th European Conference on Plasma Physics, , Bordeaux, France , 3-7 July 2023 Year: 2023
High beta long pulse scenario development on TCV and MAST-U
Piron C.; Coda S.; Voitsekhovitch I.; Cunningham G.; Agostini M.; Auriemma F.; Burckhart A.; Chomiczewska A.; Decker J.; Garavaglia S.; Garzotti L.; Gibson S.; Karpushov A.; Jardin A.; Mazon D.; Moro A.; Nowak S.; Patel B.; Pau A.; Piron L.; [ Et al. ] -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 64 (5), pp. 054004-1 - 054004-12 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ac57a0
Plasma physics and control studies planned in JT-60SA for ITER and DEMO operations and risk mitigation
Yoshida, M.; Giruzzi, G.; Aiba, N.; Artaud, J. F.; Ayllon-Guerola, J.; Balbinot, L.; Beeke, O.; Belonohy, E.; Bettini, P.; Bin, W.; Bierwage, A.; Bolzonella, T.; Bonotto, M.; Boulbe, C.; Buermans, J.; Chernyshova, M.; Coda, S.; Coelho, R.; Davis, S.; Day, [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 62 (4), pp. 042002-1 - 042002-18 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac10e7
Completion of JT-60SA construction and contribution to ITER
Kamada, Y.; Di Pietro, E.; Hanada, M.; Barabaschi, P.; Ide, S.; Davis, S.; Yoshida, M.; Giruzzi, G.; Sozzi, C.; JT-60SA Integrated Project Team -
21st joint workshop on electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France , 20-24 June 2022 Year: 2022
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. -
21st joint workshop on electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France , 20-24 June 2022 Year: 2022
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. -
AIV XXV Conference, , Napoli, Italy , 10-12 May 2022 Year: 2022
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. -
21st joint workshop on electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France , 20-24 June 2022 Year: 2022
ECRF stray radiation studies in preparation of the operations of JT-60SA
Sozzi C.; Kajiwara K.; Kobayashi T.; Figini L.; Garzotti L.; Moro A.; Nowak S.; Taylor D. -
Fusion engineering and design 173 pp. 112931-1 - 112931-9 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112931
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. ] -
Fusion engineering and design 172 (11), pp. 112717-1 - 112717-7 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112717
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. -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 168 pp. 112653-1 - 112653-9 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112653
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. ] -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 168 pp. 112678-1 - 112678-7 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112678
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. -
Fusion engineering and design 168 pp. 112678-1 - 112678-7 Year: 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112678
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. -
47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, pp. 880 - 883 , Virtual Conference Stiges (Spain) , 21-25 June 2021 Year: 2021
ECRH and ECCD modeling studies for DEMO
Baiocchi B.; Bruschi A.; Figini L.; Garavaglia S.; Granucci G.; Moro A. -
23rd Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas, pp. 090006-1 - 090006-4 , Hefei, China , May 14-17, 2019 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0014343
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. ] -
Fusion engineering and design (Print) 156 pp. 111594-1 - 111594-7 Year: 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111594
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. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Online) 62 (1), pp. 014009-1 - 014009-16 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab4771
Advances in the physics studies for the JT-60SA tokamak exploitation and research plan
Giruzzi, G.; Yoshida, M.; Aiba, N.; Artaud, J. F.; Ayllon-Guerola, J.; Beeke, O.; Bierwage, A.; Bolzonella, T.; Bonotto, M.; Boulbe, C.; Chernyshova, M.; Coda, S.; Coelho, R.; Corona, D.; Cruz, N.; Davis, S.; Day, C.; De Tommasi, G.; Dibon, M.; [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (11), pp. 112015-1 - 112015-11 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab19ef
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. ] -
Fusion engineering and design 146 pp. 23 - 26 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.013
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. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (11), pp. 112023-1 - 112023-17 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab25cb
Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond
Coda, S.; Agostini, M.; Albanese, R.; Alberti, S.; Alessi, E.; Allan, S.; Allcock, J.; Ambrosino, R.; Anand, H.; Andrebe, Y.; Arnichand, H.; Auriemma, F.; Ayllon-Guerola, J. M.; Bagnato, F.; Ball, J.; Baquero-Ruiz, M.; Beletskii, A. A.; Bernert, M.; Bin, W.; [ Et al. ] -
20th Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC20), pp. 02005-1 - 02005-6 , Greifswald, Germany , 14-17 May 2018 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920302005
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. ] -
46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, pp. 1 - 4 , Milano - Italy , 8-12 July 2019 Year: 2019
An analysis of the ECRF stray radiation in JT-60SA
Sozzi C.; Figini L.; Farina D.; Micheletti D.; Moro A.; Platania P.; Ricci D.; Kobayashi T.; Takahashi K.; Isayama A.; Wanner M.; Scannapiego M.; Day C. -
46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, pp. 1 - 4 , Milano - Itlay , 8 - 12 July 2019 Year: 2019
EC assisted start-up experiment and predictions for the next generation fusion experiments
Ricci D.; Granucci G.; Farina D.; Figini L.; Joffrin E.; Kim H.-T.; Mattei M.; Coda S.; Galperti C.; Garavaglia S.; Moro A.; Urano H.; Suzuki T.; EUROfusion MST1 Team -
Nuclear fusion 59 (8), pp. 086020-1 - 086020-13 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ab2211
Dependence on plasma shape and plasma fueling for small edge-localized mode regimes in TCV and ASDEX Upgrade
Labit, B.; Eich, T.; Harrer, G. F.; Wolfrum, E.; Bernert, M.; Dunne, M. G.; Frassinetti, L.; Hennequin, P.; Maurizio, R.; Merle, A.; Meyer, H.; Saarelma, S.; Sheikh, U.; Adamek, J.; Agostini, M.; Aguiam, D.; Akers, R.; Albanese, R.; Albert, C.; [ Et al. ] -
Fusion engineering and design 146 (SI), pp. 1747 - 1750 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.01.157
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. -
Fusion engineering and design 146 (SI), pp. 666 - 670 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.01.051
Tracking of neoclassical tearing modes in TCV using the electron cyclotron emission diagnostics in quasi-in-line configuration
Rispoli, N.; Sozzi, C.; Figini, L.; Micheletti, D.; Galperti, C.; Fontana, M.; Alessi, E.; Coda, S.; Garavaglia, S.; Goodman, T.; Kong, M.; Maraschek, M.; Moro, A.; Porte, L.; Sauter, O.; Sheikh, U.; Testa, D. -
Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print) 61 (4), pp. 045003-1 - 045003-12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/aaf9c3
ELM-induced cold pulse propagation in ASDEX Upgrade
Trier, E.; Wolfrum, E.; Willensdorfer, M.; Yu Q.; Hoelzl M.; Orain F.; Ryter R.; Angioni C.; Bernert M.; Dunne M.G.; Denk S.S.; Fuchs J.C.; Fischer R.; Hennequin P.; Kurzan B.; Mink F.; Mlynek A.; Odstrcil T.; Schneider P.A.; Stroth U.; [ Et al. ] -
Nuclear fusion 59 (4), pp. 046013-1 - 046013-13 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/aafe2a
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. ] -
Journal of instrumentation 14 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/03/C03003
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. -
Fusion engineering and design 138 pp. 254 - 266 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.021
A locked mode indicator for disruption prediction on JET and ASDEX upgrade
Sias G.; Cannas B.; Fanni A.; Murari A.; Pau A.; ASDEX Upgrade Team; EUROfusion MST1 Team; JET Contributors
