Experimental demonstration of an emission-gated traveling-wave tube amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 998-1008

  Whaley, David R ^a   Gannon, Bartley M ^a   Heinen, Vernon O ^a   Kreischer, Kenneth E ^a   Holland, Christopher E ^b   Spindt, Capp A ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission gated cathode; Field emitter array; Microwave amplifier; Traveling wave tube (TWT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON GUNS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; GATES (TRANSISTOR); MICROWAVE DEVICES; MODULATION; OPTIMIZATION; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EMISSION-GATED CATHODES;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0036627441     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801527     Document Type: Article

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