High efficiency phase-locked operation of the harmonic-multiplying inverted gyrotwystron oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 412-421

  Rodgers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRON BEAMS; GYROTRONS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; OSCILLATIONS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; GYROTWYSTRONS; PHASE-LOCKED OSCILLATIONS; SECOND HARMONIC OSCILLATIONS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0032652278     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.772268     Document Type: Article

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