Stability of a 95-ghz slotted third-harmonic gyro-twt amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 735-743

  Chong, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAGNETS; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; STABILITY; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

CYLOTRON HARMONIC FREQUENCY; MULTIMODE PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATION; PENIOTRON BACKWARD WAVE INTERACTION; SLOTTED THIRD HARMONIC AMPLIFIER;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030164120     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533075     Document Type: Article

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