Experimental results on a 1.5 MW, 110 GHz gyrotron with a smooth mirror mode converter

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-370

  Tax, David S ^a   Choi, Eunmi M ^a   Mastovsky, Ivan ^a   Neilson, Jeffrey M ^b   Shapiro, Michael A ^a   Sirigiri, Jagadishwar R ^a   Temkin, Richard J ^a   Torrezan, Antonio C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALABAZAS CREEK RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Gaussian beam; Gyrotron; Internal mode converter

Indexed keywords

BEAM PATTERN; CAVITY WAVEGUIDES; COLD TESTS; CURVED MIRROR; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH QUALITY; HOT TEST; INTERNAL MODE CONVERTER; INTERNAL MODE CONVERTERS; MODE CONVERTER; OUTPUT BEAM; PHASE FRONT; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GYROTRONS; LAUNCHING; MIRRORS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 79954447264     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9720-2     Document Type: Article

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