Cyclotron Maser Oscillator Experiments in a Periodically Loaded Waveguide

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 970-979

  Jerby, Eli ^a   Shahadi, Avi ^a   Grinberg, Vladimir ^a   Dikhtiar, Vladimir ^a   Sheinin, Marat ^a   Agmon, Eran ^a   Golombek, Harel ^a   Trebich, Vitaly ^a   Bensal, Moshe ^a   Bekefi, G ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MASERS; WAVEGUIDES;

CYCLOTRON MASER OSCILLATOR; ELECTRON BEAM PULSE; PERIODIC WAVEGUIDE CYCLOTRON MASER;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0029309145     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.375944     Document Type: Article

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