Broadbanding of a Gyro-TWT by dielectric-loading through dispersion shaping

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2290-2299

  Rao, S J ^a   Jain, P K ^a   Basu, B N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

BROADBANDING; COLD DISPERSION; DIELECTRIC LOADING; DIELECTRIC ROD; DISPERSION SHAPING; GYRO TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; PIERCE FORM GAIN EQUATION; WAVEGUIDING INTERACTION STRUCTURES;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 0030411651     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.544423     Document Type: Article

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