Pulsed power-driven high-power microwave sources

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1082-1094

  Korovin, Sergei D ^a   Rostov, Vladislav V ^a   Polevin, Sergei D ^a   Pegel, Igor V ^a   Schamiloglu, Edl ^b   Fuks, Mikhail I ^b   Barker, Robert J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

High power microwave (HPM); Intense electron beams; Pulsed power

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREQUENCIES; FUSION REACTIONS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

HIGH-POWER MICROWAVE (HPM); INTENSE ELECTRON BEAMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PULSED POWER;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 21244442243     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.829020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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