Relativistic plasma microwave electronics: studies of high power plasma filled backward wave oscillators

Summary form only given, as follows. The area of relativistic plasma microwave electronics has recently generated renewed interest in the microwave and millimeter-wave device community. The authors have obtained experimental data demonstrating that the presence of a low-density background plasma in...

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Published in1992 IEEE MTT-S Microwave Symposium Digest p. 509 vol.1
Main Authors Carmel, Y., Lou, W.R., Antonsen, T.M., Rodgers, J., Levush, B., Tate, J., Destler, W.W., Granatstein, V.L.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1992
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High power microwave generation
Microwave devices
Microwave generation
Microwave oscillators
Millimeter wave devices
Plasma density
Plasma devices
Plasma waves
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Summary:Summary form only given, as follows. The area of relativistic plasma microwave electronics has recently generated renewed interest in the microwave and millimeter-wave device community. The authors have obtained experimental data demonstrating that the presence of a low-density background plasma in a relativistic backward wave oscillator leads to several beneficial effects, including enhanced interaction efficiency (40%), operation at very low and possibly zero guiding magnetic field, tunability by controlling the plasma density, a high degree of spectral purity, and operation well above the vacuum limiting current.< >
ISBN:9780780306110
0780306112
ISSN:0149-645X
2576-7216
DOI:10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188026