Mode Competition and Control in High-Power Gyrotron Oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 260-272

  Levush, Baruch ^a   Antonsen, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; OSCILLATORS;

GYROTRON OSCILLATORS; MULTIMODE SIMULATIONS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0025447582     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.55895     Document Type: Article

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