Linear theory of a wide-band gyro-TWT amplifier using spiral waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-530

  Cooke, Simon J ^a   Denisov, Gregory G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coupled waves; Gyro twt amplifier; Linear theory; Spiral waveguide

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

GYROTRON TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; SPIRAL WAVEGUIDES; TRAVELING WAVE GYROAMPLIFIERS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032097324     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700786     Document Type: Article

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