Plasma effects on electron beam focusing and microwave emission in a virtual cathode oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1314-1321

  Yatsuzuka, Mitsuyasu ^a   Nakayama, Masakazu ^a   Tanigawa, Mitsuru ^a   Nobuhara, Sadao ^a   Young, Douglas ^a   Ishihara, Osamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron beam dynamics; High power microwave; Vircator; Virtual cathode oscillator

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PLASMA DIODES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATORS;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0032139910     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725164     Document Type: Article

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