Investigation of a load-limited, magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator (MILO)

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 364-374

  Lemke, Raymond W ^a   Calico, Steve E ^a   Collins Clark, M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MICROWAVE TUBES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

MAGNETIC INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINE OSCILLATORS (MILO); SPOKE CURRENT;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0031122991     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602513     Document Type: Article

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