Gigawatt microwave emission from a relativistic reflex triode
Abstract
Single microwave bursts in X-band of 10-ns duration at gigawatt power levels have been obtained with the relativistic reflex triode. The associated relativistic space-charge oscillations have rich high-frequency content. The dominant radiated modes are determined by gap spacing, beam diameter, and gap voltage. The theory of the collective electron space-charge oscillations and the resultant microwave power spectrum is reviewed and compared with experiment.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8112335B
- Keywords:
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- Electron Beams;
- Microwave Emission;
- Microwave Tubes;
- Triodes;
- Energy Transfer;
- Relativistic Theory;
- Space Charge;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering