Analysis of helical slow-wave structures for space TWTs using 3-D electromagnetic simulators

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 749-754

  Aloisio, Marinella ^a   Waller, Pierre ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Cold parameters; Finite element (FE); Finite integration (FI); Helix; Slow wave structure (SWS); Traveling wave tube (TWT)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLD PARAMETERS; FINITE INTEGRATION (FI); SLOW WAVE STRUCTURE (SWS);

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 18844435705     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845866     Document Type: Article

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