Characteristics of diode perveance and vircator output under various anode-cathode gap distances

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1728-1732

  Choi, Eun Ha ^a   Choi, Myung Chull ^a   Choi, Sung Hyuk ^a   Song, Kie Back ^a   Jung, Yoon ^a   Seo, Yoon Ho ^a   Shin, Hee Myung ^a   Uhm, Han Sup ^b   Lim, Dong Woo ^c   Kim, Chun Ho ^c   Lee, Jae Min ^c   Ahn, Jae Woon ^c  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Perveance characteristics; Sheath plasma expansion; Vircator microwave output

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PLASMA DIODES;

ELECTRON BEAM CURRENT DENSITY; VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 12244294493     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.806615     Document Type: Article

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