Validation of the large-signal klystron simulation code TESLA

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1136-1146

  Cooke, Simon J ^a   Nguyen, Khanh T ^a,b   Vlasov, Alexander N ^c,d   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^d   Levush, Baruch ^a   Hargreaves, Thomas A ^e   Kirshner, Mark F ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Beam Wave Research Inc   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION;

KLYSTRON AMPLIFIER; LARGE SIGNAL KLYSTRON;

KLYSTRONS;

EID: 4143103674     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.828869     Document Type: Article

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