Quasi-optical converters for high-power gyrotrons: A brief review of physical models, numerical methods and computer codes

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-109

  Sabchevski, S ^a   Zhelyazkov, I ^b   Benova, E ^b   Atanassov, V ^a   Dankov, P ^b   Thumm, M ^c,d   Arnold, A ^d   Jin, J ^c   Rzesnicki, T ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 33747177142     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/44/1/012     Document Type: Article

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