Relativistic X-band BWO with 3-GW output power

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-331

  Gunin, Aleksander V ^a   Klimov, Aleksei I ^a   Korovin, Sergei D ^a   Kurkan, Ivan K ^a   Pegel, Igor V ^a   Polevin, Sergei D ^a   Roitman, Albert M ^a   Rostov, Vladislav V ^a   Stepchenko, Aleksei S ^a   Totmeninov, Evgenii M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

High power microwaves; Pulse shortening; Relativistic backward wave oscillator (RBWO)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE TUBES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

PULSE SHORTENING; RELATIVISTIC BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS; RESONANCE REFLECTORS; SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES (SWS);

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032096748     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700761     Document Type: Article

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