Experimental Verification of a Computational Procedure for the Design of TWT-Refocuser-MDC Systems

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1981, Pages 1480-1489

  Dayton, James A ^a   Kosmahl, Henry G ^a   Ramins, Peter ^a   Stankiewicz, Norbert ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUBES, TRAVELING WAVE;

EID: 0019663297     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1981.20634     Document Type: Article

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