Operational characteristics of a 14-W 140-GHz gyrotron for dynamic nuclear polarization

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3 PART 1, 2006, Pages 518-523

  Joye, Colin D ^a   Griffin, Robert G ^b   Hornstein, Melissa K ^c   Hu, Kan Nian ^b   Kreischer, Kenneth E ^d   Rosay, Melanie ^e   Shapiro, Michael A ^a   Sirigiri, Jagadishwar R ^a   Temkin, Richard J ^a   Woskov, Paul P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BRUKER BIOSPIN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic nuclear polarization; Gyrotron; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION; LONG PULSE; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MODE CONVERTERS; MODE PATTERNS; NON-LINEAR SIMULATIONS; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATING MODES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEAK POWER; PYROELECTRIC CAMERAS; SINGLE SHOTS;

ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPIN POLARIZATION;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 33747751378     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.875776     Document Type: Article

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