High-Power Microwave Generation by Excitation of a Plasma-Filled Rippled Boundary Resonator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 497-506

  Kehs, R Alan ^c   Lou, Weiran ^a   Destler, William W ^a   Granatstein, Victor L ^a   Abe, D K ^a   Rodgers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUBES, BACKWARD WAVE; OSCILLATORS; PLASMAS; RELATIVITY; RESONATORS;

QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC WAVES;

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0025448232     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.55920     Document Type: Article

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