Analysis of a circular waveguide loaded with thick annular metal discs for wide-band gyro-TWTs

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1358-1365

  Kesari, Vishal ^a   Jain, P K ^a   Basu, B N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Disc loaded waveguide; Gyrotron; Millimeter wave amplifier; Periodic electromagnetic structure; Wide band gyro travelling wave tube (gyro TWT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GYROTRONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

GYRO-TRAVELING WAVE TUBE; HARMONIC PROPAGATING MODES; THICK ANNULAR METAL DISCS;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 24644439476     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.852393     Document Type: Article

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