Experimental demonstration of a W-band (94 GHz) gyrotwystron amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-411

  Blank, Monica ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); GYROTWYSTRONS; MILLIMETER WAVE AMPLIFIERS;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032687998     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.772267     Document Type: Article

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