Survey of pulse shortening in high-power microwave sources

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-317

  Benford, James ^a   Benford, Gregory ^a  

^a Microwave Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETRONS; PLASMAS;

HIGH POWER MICROWAVE SOURCES; PULSE SHORTENING;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0031119444     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602505     Document Type: Article

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