Ponderomotive effects in plasma-filled backward-wave oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 680-692

  Miller, Susanne M ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillator; Efficiency enhancement; Plasma; Ponderomotive force

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032097171     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700805     Document Type: Article

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