Operation of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator filled with a preionized high-density radially inhomogeneous plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 646-651

  Shkvarunets, Anatoly G ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a   Carmel, Yuval ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES; DIODES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032100062     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700800     Document Type: Article

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