Methods of Efficiency Enhancement and Scaling for the Gyrotron Oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 318-325

  Chu, Kworay ^a   Read, Michael E ^a   Ganguly, Achintya K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84932629356     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1980.1130071     Document Type: Article

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