Analysis of a broadband Q band folded waveguide traveling-wave tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1017-1023

  Na, Young Ho ^a   Chung, Sang Wook ^b   Choi, Jin Joo ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b RF Korea Company Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Folded waveguide traveling wave tube (TWT); MAGIC3D; Particle in cell code

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RADIATION; WAVEGUIDES;

FOLDED-WAVEGUIDE TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 0036627352     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801638     Document Type: Article

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