HIGH POWER CAPABILITIES OF WAVEGUIDE SYSTEMS

Abstract

The limitations of high power waveguide systems were studied. The usefulness of standard heat transfer expressions was demonstrated for calculating the temperature of waveguides under high average power conditions. The results of cavit measurements of breakdown are presented for high dielectric strength gases which yield improvements in peak power handling in excess of 10:1 at atmospheric pressure. These results include observation of deviations from the simple pressure squared dependence of breakdown power. The dependence of temperature rise on the scaling of waveguide systems is analyzed and finally some of the problems encountered in high power systems are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 1962
Accession Number
AD0274821

Entities

People

  • Meyer Gilden

Organizations

  • M/A-COM Technology Solutions

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Dielectric Strength
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Peak Power
  • Power
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Standards
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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