Slotted third-harmonic gyro-twt amplifier experiment

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 727-734

  Chong, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRON BEAMS; FUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

BESSEL FUNCTION; GYRORESONANT RADIOFREQUENCY ACCELERATOR; PROOF OF PRINCIPLE; SLOTTED AMPLIFIER; THIRD HARMONIC AMPLIFIER;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030163930     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533074     Document Type: Article

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