70% efficient relativistic magnetron with axial extraction of radiation through a horn antenna

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1302-1312

  Fuks, Mikhail I ^a   Schamiloglu, Edl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction output (DO); Mode conversion; Radiation pattern; Relativistic magnetron; Transparent cathode

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CONICAL HORN ANTENNAS; DIODE VOLTAGE; ELECTRONIC EFFICIENCY; MODE CONVERSIONS; OPERATING WAVE; PARTICLE-IN-CELL CODE; PIC CODES; RADIATION PATTERNS; RADIATION POWER; RELATIVISTIC MAGNETRON; RISETIMES; SOLID EXPLOSIVES; SYNCHRONOUS INTERACTIONS; TRANSPARENT CATHODE; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY;

HORN ANTENNAS;

MAGNETRONS;

EID: 77953322993     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2042823     Document Type: Article

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