Nonstationary behavior of the gyrotron backward-wave oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 851-858

  Grudiev, Alexej ^a   Schünemann, Klaus ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gyrotron backward wave oscillator (gyro BWO); Nonstationary phenomena; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

BACKWARD-WAVE OSCILLATORS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 0036627332     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801610     Document Type: Article

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