Efficiency enhancement of a coaxial virtual cathode oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1543-1544

  Jiang, Weihua ^a   Dickens, James ^a   Rristiansen, Magne ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency enhancement; Electron beam; High power microwaves; Microwave reflector

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; WAVEGUIDES;

COAXIAL VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATORS (VIRCATORS); MICROWAVE REFLECTORS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033204391     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.799837     Document Type: Article

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