Pulse shortening causes in high power BWO and TWT microwave sources

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Goebel, Dan M ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillators; Microwave sources; Pulse shortening; Traveling wave tubes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE SOURCES; PULSE SHORTENING;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0032096047     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700753     Document Type: Article

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