High-efficiency TWT design using traveling-wave bunch compression

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 840-845

  Naqvi, Shahid A ^a   Nation, John A ^a   Schächter, Levi ^b   Wang, Qingyuan ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bunching; efficiency; phase velocity; relativistic electron beams; traveling wave tubes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

BUNCH COMPRESSION; PHASE VELOCITY;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 0032095106     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700847     Document Type: Article

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