Decimeter-band frequency-tunable sources of high-power microwave pulses

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-185

  Korovin, Sergei D ^a   Kurkan, Ivan K ^a   Loginov, Sergey V ^a   Pegel, Igor V ^a   Polevin, Sergei D ^a   Volkov, Sergei N ^a   Zherlitsyn, Andrey A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Frequency tunability; Fuse opening switch; High power microwaves; Repetitive high current accelerator; Vircator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNING;

BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATOR; HIGH POWER MICROWAVE PULSES; S-BAND SOURCES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE KARAT; VIRCATOR;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0344465364     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034603212052     Document Type: Article

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