Radial electron-beam-breakup transit-time oscillator
Abstract
A new radially-driven electron-beam-breakup transit-time oscillator has been investigated analytically and through computer simulation as a compact low-impedance high-power microwave generator. In a 1MV, 50kA device 35cm in radius and 15cm long, with no external magnetic field, 5GW of extracted power and a growth rate of 0.26/ns have been observed. Theoretical maximum efficiencies are several times higher.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- January 1995
- Bibcode:
- 1995STIN...9525385M
- Keywords:
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- Computerized Simulation;
- Electron Beams;
- Microwave Amplifiers;
- Microwave Oscillators;
- Microwaves;
- Performance Tests;
- Radial Velocity;
- Transit Time;
- Efficiency;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Power Spectra;
- Radii;
- Range (Extremes);
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering