Design of a frequency-doubling, 35-GHz, 1-MW gyroklystron

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 688-694

  Walter, Mark T ^a   Nusinovich, Gregory S ^a   Lawson, Wes G ^a   Granatstein, Victor L ^a   Levush, Baruch ^b   Danly, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b National Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRON GUNS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; GYROTRONS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

GYROKLYSTRON; SECOND CYCLOTRON HARMONIC; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODE;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0034197689     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887703     Document Type: Article

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