Coaxial gyrotrons: Past, present, and future (review)

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 934-946

  Dumbrajs, Olgierd ^a,b   Nusinovich, Gregory S ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; FUSION REACTORS; KLYSTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES;

COAXIAL GYROTRONS; COAXIAL RESONATORS; GYROKLYSTRONS; GYROTRON OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVE RADIATION;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 4344622819     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.829976     Document Type: Article

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