Theory and Conceptual Design of a High-Power Highly Efficient Magnicon at 10 and 20 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 632-645

  Manheimer, Wallace M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

MAGNICONS; RF SOURCES;

ELECTRON TUBES, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0025449275     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.55937     Document Type: Article

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