Expérimental investigation of a high power, two-cavity, 35 GHz gyroklystron amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 416-425

  Choi, Jin Joo ^a   McCurdy, Alan H ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cavity; Coherent radiation; Electron beam; Gyroklystron

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; KLYSTRONS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

GYROKLYSTRON AMPLIFIERS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032099991     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700773     Document Type: Article

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