Cyclotron effects in relativistic backward-wave oscillators operating at low magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 605-614

  Vlasov, Alexander N ^a   Ilyin, Anton S ^b   Carmel, Yuval ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined cerenkov cyclotron interaction; Lowfocusing magnetic field; Relativistic backward wave oscillator

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES; BANDWIDTH; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS; CERENKOV CYCLOTRON INTERACTION;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032095988     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700797     Document Type: Article

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