Characteristics and Optimum Operating Parameters of a Gyrotron Traveling Wave Amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 178-187

  Ray Chu, Kwo ^a   Drobot, Adam T ^a   Granatstein, Victor L ^b   Seftor, J Larry ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATORS, CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

GYROTRON; TRAVELING WAVE AMPLIFIER;

AMPLIFIERS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0018430352     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129583     Document Type: Article

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