An X-band gigawatt amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1041-1052

  Abubakirov, Edward B ^a   Denisenko, Andrew N ^a   Fuks, Mikhail I ^b   Kolganov, Nikolay G ^a   Kovalev, Nikolay F ^a   Petelin, Mikhail I ^a   Savelyev, Alexander V ^a   Schamiloglu, Edl ^b   Soluyanov, Eugeny I ^a   Yastrebov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillator (BWO); Coherent radiation; Gaussian wave beam; Mode selection; Regenerative amplification; Traveling wave tube (TWT)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MODULATION; OSCILLATIONS; RADIATION;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATORS (BWO);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0036627431     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801601     Document Type: Article

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