Diode plasma effects on the microwave pulse length from relativistic magnetrons

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-353

  Price, David ^a   Levine, Jerrold S ^a   Benford, James N ^a  

^a MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode plasma motion; High power microwave; Low Z contaminants; Pulse shortening; Relativistic magnetron

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATHODES; DIODES; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; RESONATORS;

PULSE SHORTENING;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0032098702     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700765     Document Type: Article

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