Radio frequency priming of a long-pulse relativistic magnetron

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3 PART 1, 2006, Pages 627-634

  White, William M ^a   Gilgenbach, Ronald M ^b   Jones, Michael C ^c   Neculaes, V Bogdan ^d   Lau, Yue Ying ^a   Pengvanich, P ^b   Jordan, Nicholas M C ^b   Hoff, Brad W ^b   Edgar, Ryan ^b   Spencer, Thomas A ^e   Price, David ^f  

^a KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

High power microwaves; Magnetrons; Priming; Pulse shortening

Indexed keywords

HIGH-POWER MICROWAVES; LONG PULSE; MODE COMPETITIONS; MODE-LOCKING; MW OUTPUTS; OUTPUT DELAYS; PI MODES; PRIMING; PULSE SHORTENING; PULSE WIDTHS; RADIO FREQUENCY PRIMINGS; RAPID STARTUPS; RELATIVISTIC MAGNETRONS; TUNING STUBS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; MICROWAVES; RADIO; RADIO WAVES;

MAGNETRONS;

EID: 49149124203     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.875829     Document Type: Article

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