High power microwave generation by a coaxial virtual cathode oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1538-1542

  Jiang, Weihua ^a   Woolverton, Kevin ^a   Dickens, James ^a   Kristiansen, Magne ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High power microwaves; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Pulsed power systems; Relativistic electron beams

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATORS (VIRCATORS);

CATHODES; DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE GENERATION;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0033204740     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.799836     Document Type: Article

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