Experimental investigation of a broadband dielectric-loaded gyro-twt amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1016-1020

  Leou, K C ^a   McDermott, D B ^b   Chong, C K ^a   Luhmann Jr , N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; GYROTRONS; MASERS; PERMITTIVITY; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

CYCLOTRON MASERS; DIELECTRIC LOADED INTERACTION WAVEGUIDE; DIELECTRIC SLABS; GYROTRON TRAVELING WAVE AMPLIFIERS; SLOW WAVE CYCLOTRON AMPLIFIER;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0030164694     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.502138     Document Type: Article

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