High power, fast, microwave components based on beam generated plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1543-1555

  Manheimer, Wallace M ^a   Fernsler, Richard F ^a   Gitlin, Mikhail S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam produced plasma; Hollow cathode; Increasing phased array angular coverage; Microwave switch; Plasma microwave component

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CATHODES; ELECTRIC SWITCHBOARDS; GAIN CONTROL; GLOW DISCHARGES; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; PHASE SHIFTERS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR REFLECTION; RADAR SYSTEMS;

AGILE MIRROR PLASMAS; ELECTRONIC BEAM STEERING; HOLLOW CATHODES;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032179209     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.736059     Document Type: Article

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