Improved cathode design for long-pulse MILO operation

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 388-392

  Haworth, Michael D ^b   Luginsland, John W ^a,b   Lemke, Raymond W ^c  

^a IEEE

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar flow; High power microwaves; Magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator; MILO; Pulse shortening

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA SOURCES;

MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINE OSCILLATORS (MILO);

MICROWAVE TUBES;

EID: 0035302742     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.922751     Document Type: Article

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