Theory and Numerical Modeling of a Compact Low-Field High-Frequency Gyrotron

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 373-386

  Vitello, Peter ^a   Drobot, Adam T ^a   Miner, William H ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATORS, CYCLOTRON - MILLIMETER WAVES;

ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON MASER INTERACTION; HIGH CYCLOTRON-HARMONIC INTERACTIONS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0021405406     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1984.1132686     Document Type: Article

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