Development and testing of a high-average power, 94-GHz gyroklystron

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 713-726

  Danly, Bruce G ^a   Blank, Monica ^a   Levush, Baruch ^a   Nguyen, Khanh T ^a   Pershing, Dean E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRON GUNS; FREQUENCIES; GYROTRONS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

CIRCULAR CAVITY MODE; GYROKLYSTRON AMPLIFIER; LOW DUTY FACTOR TESTING; RADIO FREQUENCY DUTY FACTOR;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0034197666     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887710     Document Type: Article

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