Gyro-BWO experiments using a helical interaction waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 839-844

  He, Wenlong ^a   Ronald, Kevin ^a   Young, Alan R ^a   Cross, Adrian W ^a   Phelps, Alan D R ^a   Whyte, Colin G ^a   Rafferty, Euan G ^a   Thomson, Jamie ^a   Robertson, Craig W ^a   Speirs, David C ^a   Samsonov, Sergey V ^b   Bratman, Vladimir L ^b   Denisov, Gregory G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyclotron resonance maser; Gyrotron backward wave oscillator (gyro BWO); High power microwave devices

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD WAVE TUBES; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; GYROTRONS; HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THERMIONIC CATHODES; TUNING;

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASER; FREQUENCY TUNING; GYROTRON BACKWARD WAVE OSCILLATOR; HIGH POWER MICROWAVE DEVICES;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 21044456727     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845858     Document Type: Article

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