Efficiency enhancement in high power backward-wave oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 800-809

  Goebel, Dan M ^a,e   Adler, E A ^a   Ponti, Elmira S ^b   Feicht, J R ^c   Eisenhart, Robert L ^d   Lemke, Raymond W ^e  

^a Hughes Electron Dynamics   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^c Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^d Eisenhart & Associates   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GUNS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS; HIGH POWER MICROWAVE SOURCES; PASOTRONS;

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 0032676012     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.774686     Document Type: Article

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