Highly efficient generation of subnanosecond microwave pulses in Ka-band relativistic BWO

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1120-1125

  Klimov, Alexei I ^a   Korovin, Sergei D ^a   Rostov, Vladislav V ^a   Ulmaskulov, Marat R ^b   Shpak, Valery G ^b   Shunailov, Sergei A ^b   Yalandin, Michael I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Backward wave oscillator (BWO); Efficiency; Particle in cell (PIC) simulations; Resonant reflector; Subnanosecond; Transit time

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RESONANCE;

BACKWARD-WAVE OSCILLATORS (BWO);

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0036627524     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801657     Document Type: Article

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