Linear Theory of Electromagnetic Wave Generation in a Plasma-Loaded Corrugated-Wall Resonator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 537-545

  Watanabe, T ^c   Hosokawa, T ^b   Ogura, K ^b   Destler, William W ^a   Lou, Weiran ^a   Abe, D K ^a   Kehs, R Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Nngata University ^*  (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUBES, BACKWARD WAVE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMAS--DENSITY; RESONATORS;

CORRUGATED WALL RESONATORS;

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0025447134     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.55925     Document Type: Article

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