Design of 95 GHz, 2 MW gyrotron for communication and security applications

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-195

  Kumar, Nitin ^a,b   Singh, Udaybir ^a   Singh, T P ^b   Sinha, A K ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JV College   (India)

Author keywords

Beam wave interaction; Electron gun; Gyrotron; Interaction cavity; MIG

Indexed keywords

BEAM-WAVE INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER CODES; INTERACTION CAVITIES; INTERACTION CAVITY; MIG; MODE SELECTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPEN RESONATORS; OPERATING MODES; OUTPUT POWER; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SECURITY APPLICATION;

DESIGN; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRONS; PLASMA GUNS;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 79954439758     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9762-5     Document Type: Article

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