Graviton generator/emitter/antennae

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In sci-fi series The Interscission Project, spacecraft use graviton generators, both for artificial gravity and for space/time travel.
If these gens extend the gravity field, what would the simplest graviton antennae/emitter look like? By analogy with a membrane making sound, a flashlight producing a beam of light and shortwave antennae sending out radio transmissions?
 
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I'd guess the simplest - noting that gravitons are hypothetical particles so take this with a grain of salt - would be a short dipole antenna.

However, and I'm not an expert at all, I've read that it is not practical to detect individual gravitons, so it may be that a graviton antenna is theoretical possible but not something we can build.
 
why bother with unknown-to-exist "gravitons" ? Just magically produce Higgs Bosons.