Reduced damage threshold for tungsten using combined steady state and transient sources

• Published in: Journal of nuclear materials Vol. 438; pp. S784 - S787
• Main Authors: Morgan, T.W., Zielinski, J.J., Hensen, B.J., Xu, H.Y., Marot, L., De Temmerman, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Damage; Flux; Irradiation; Lasers; Steady state; Thresholds; Tungsten; Walls

Divertor wall materials in future fusion devices will be subject to both high flux steady state plasma and transient ELM striking which could limit the lifetime of these plasma facing materials. A pulsed plasma source was therefore developed to reproduce these conditions. Laser irradiation of simila...