ivo furno (0000-0001-8348-1716)

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Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and leader of the Basic Plasma Physics and Applications group at the Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. More than 20 years of experience in R&D in plasma physics with focus on plasma applications for industry and magnetically confinement fusion.

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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Section de Physique: Lausanne, VD, CH

2017-05-01 to present | Adj. Professor (Swiss Plasma Center)

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École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Section de Physique: Lausanne, VD, CH

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Section de Physique: Lausanne, VD, CH

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Los Alamos, NM, US

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, VD, CH

Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Energia: Torino, Piemonte, IT

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Parer aux transmissions de maladies agricoles via des outils de coupe et de taille: un procédé de désinfection non chimique pour outils de taille électroportatifs

Physics of radiofrequency wave propagation in turbulent fusion plasmas: experiments, theory and simulations

Advanced plasma physics for fusion

Radio-frequency wave propagation and absorption in toroidally magnetized plasmas: scattering by turbulent structures and quasi-linear effects

Basic Plasma Physics for Fusion Energy Research

Basic Plasma Physics for Fusion Energy Research

Basic Plasma Physics for Fusion Energy Research

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Erratum: First Thomson scattering results from AWAKE’s helicon plasma source (2024 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 66 115011)

Helicon normal modes in radially non-uniform plasma column

Plasma-activated water retains antimicrobial properties against Escherichia coli after 72 h of storage

Determination of atomic hydrogen density and fluorescence decay time by 1D resolved, picosecond TALIF in the RAID linear device

First Thomson scattering results from AWAKE’s helicon plasma source

A birdcage resonant antenna for helicon wave generation in TORPEX

Implementing water recirculation in a novel portable plasma-activated water reactor enhances antimicrobial effect against Escherichia coli

Breakdown development in a nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharge in humid air in plane-to-plane geometry

Plasma sputtering of biased electrodes in an oblique magnetic field

Surface DBD degradation in humid air, and a hybrid surface-volume DBD for robust plasma operation at high humidity

A 1.5D fluid—Monte Carlo model of a hydrogen helicon plasma

Entering the plasma agriculture field: An attempt to standardize protocols for plasma treatment of seeds

Validation of edge turbulence codes in a magnetic X-point scenario in TORPEX

Laser photo-detachment combined with Langmuir probe in magnetized electronegative plasma: how the probe size affects the plasma dynamic?

Vibrational excitation and dissociation of deuterium molecule by electron impact

Helicon wave plasma generated by a resonant birdcage antenna: magnetic field measurements and analysis in the RAID linear device

Negative hydrogen ion dynamics inside the plasma volume of a linear device: Estimates from particle-in-cell calculations

Millimeter-wave beam scattering and induced broadening by plasma turbulence in the TCV tokamak

Development of a plasma electroacoustic actuator for active noise control applications

Persistent random walks of charged particles across magnetic field lines

Cathodoluminescent screen imaging system for seeded blob detection in toroidal plasma experiment

Particle transport at arbitrary timescales with Poisson-distributed collisions

Two-fluid plasma model for radial Langmuir probes as a converging nozzle with sonic choked flow, and sonic passage to supersonic flow

Impurity seeding for suppression of the near scrape-off layer heat flux feature in tokamak limited plasmas

Millimeter-Wave Beam Scattering by Field-Aligned Blobs in Simple Magnetized Toroidal Plasmas

RF bias to suppress post-oxidation of μc-Si:H films deposited by inductively-coupled plasma using a planar RF resonant antenna

Optically isolated millimeter-wave detector for the Toroidal Plasma Experiment

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy to measure negative ion density in a helicon plasma source for fusion neutral beams

Two-fluid solutions for Langmuir probes in collisionless and isothermal plasma, over all space and bias potential

Blob properties in full-turbulence simulations of the TCV scrape-off layer

Conceptual design of the DEMO neutral beam injectors: Main developments and R&amp;D achievements

Electromagnetic, complex image model of a large area RF resonant antenna as inductive plasma source

Experimental study of high power mm-waves scattering by plasma turbulence in TCV plasmas

Helicon wave-generated plasmas for negative ion beams for fusion

Ion heating and flows in a high power helicon source

Non-linear simulations of the TCV Scrape-Off Layer

Overview of the TCV tokamak program: Scientific progress and facility upgrades

Poloidal asymmetry in the narrow heat flux feature in the TCV scrape-off layer

Spectroscopic characterization of H<inf>2</inf>and D<inf>2</inf>helicon plasmas generated by a resonant antenna for neutral beam applications in fusion

Understanding and suppressing the near scrape-off layer heat flux feature in inboard-limited plasmas in TCV

3D plasma dynamics studies in TORPEX using a dual langmuir probe array

Blob dynamics in the TORPEX experiment: A multi-code validation

Conceptual design of the beam source for the DEMO Neutral Beam Injectors

Dual Langmuir-probe array for 3D plasma studies in TORPEX

Negative ion source development for a photoneutralization based neutral beam system for future fusion reactors

Progress in simulating SOL plasma turbulence with the GBS code

Spectroscopic measurements of hydrogen dissociation degree and H- production in resonant antenna-generated helicon plasmas

X -Point Effect on Plasma Blob Dynamics

Approaching the investigation of plasma turbulence through a rigorous verification and validation procedure: A practical example

Blob dynamics in TORPEX null point configurations

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Conceptual design of the DEMO neutral beam injectors: Main developments and R&D achievements