A high-efficiency quasi-optical mode converter for a 140-GHz 1-MW CW gyrotron

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 818-824

  Thumm, Manfred ^a,b   Yang, Xiaokang ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^a,b   Dammertz, Guenter ^a   Michel, Georg ^c   Pretterebner, Julius ^d   Wagner, Dietmar ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory; Gyrotron; Quasi optical (QO) mode converter; Wall perturbations

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; QUASI OPTICAL (QO) MODE CONVERTER; WALL PERTURBATIONS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 18844380494     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845791     Document Type: Article

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