On the physics of harmonic injection in a traveling wave tube

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1073-1085

  Wöhlbier, John G ^a   Booske, John H ^a   Dobson, Ian ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; GAIN MEASUREMENT; INTERMODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAIN BANDWIDTH; HARMONIC INJECTION; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION SPECTRUM; SIGNAL INJECTION THEORY;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 4344683663     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.828820     Document Type: Article

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