A novel hybrid slow-wave/fast-wave traveling-wave amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1150-1154

  Lawson, Wes ^a   Fernandez, Anna ^a   Hutchings, Tara ^a   Saraph, Girish P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad band sources; Microwave amplifiers; Radar tubes

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; RADAR; WAVEGUIDES;

NONADIABATIC MAGNETIC TRANSITION;

MASERS;

EID: 0031250436     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.649638     Document Type: Article

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