Significant pulse-lengthening in a multigigawatt magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 312-319

  Haworth, M D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossed field device; High power microwave tube; Magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator; MILO

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE TUBES;

CROSSED FIELD DEVICES; MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINE OSCILLATORS (MILO); PULSE LENGTHENING;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032095102     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700759     Document Type: Article

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