Explosive Instability in a Backward Wave Oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 191-193

  Liu, C S ^a   Tripathi, V K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES; ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; PLASMA STABILITY; RELATIVITY;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS; CERENKOV INTERACTIONS; PLASMA FILLED OSCILLATORS;

PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 0027540536     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.221121     Document Type: Note

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