Electron Beam Behavior in an Axially-Extracted Virtual Cathode Oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 939-944

  Yatsuzuka, Mitsuyasu ^a   Nagakawa, Kenji ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nobuhara, Sadao ^a   Ishihara, Osamu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA DIODES;

AXIALLY EXTRACTED VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR (VIRCATOR); DIODE PINCHING; ELECTRON SPACE CHARGE;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0028531308     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.338311     Document Type: Article

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