Diode plasma effects on the microwave pulse length from relativistic magnetrons

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3158, Issue , 1997, Pages 13-20

  Price, David ^a   Levine, Jerrold S ^a   Benford, James N ^b  

^a PRIMEX Physics International   (United States)

^b Microwave Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Buneman Hartree; Explosive emission cathode; High power microwave; Pulse shortening; Relativistic magnetron

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF GASES; HYDROGEN; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; PLASMAS;

BUNEMAN-HARTREE; EXPLOSIVE EMISSION CATHODE; HIGH POWER MICROWAVE; PULSE SHORTENING; RELATIVISTIC MAGNETRON;

MAGNETRONS;

EID: 58749098412     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.279428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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