Low-voltage operation of Ka-band folded waveguide travelling-wave tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 60-66

  Han, Seong Tae ^a   Jang, Kyu Ha ^a   So, Jin Kyu ^a   Kim, Jung Il ^a   Shin, Young Min ^a   Ryskin, Nikita M ^b   Chang, Suk Sang ^c   Park, Gun Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c POSTECH   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abformung (LIGA) (Deep X ray lithography); Folded waveguide traveling wave tube (TWT); Galvanoformung; Lighographie; Millimeter wave; Space harmonic

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

DEEP XRAY LITHOGRAPHY; FOLDED WAVEGUIDE TRAVELING WAVE TUBE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 2442490684     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.823978     Document Type: Article

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