MM-WAVE AMPLIFICATION BY RESONANCE SATURATION IN GASES.

Abstract

The power-saturated resonance absorption of a gas has been used to achieve mm-wave amplification. Experiments were conducted at room temperature in both a traveling wave system and in a resonant cavity. The results are in good agreement with theory. A gain of 20 dB was obtained with a 6 inch long, 3/4 inch-diameter cylindrical cavity at 86 Gc. A theoretical analysis indicates that the inherent noise figure of this device is 7 dB. Experimental noise measurements, which were limited by the sensitivity of the available test equipment, yielded an upper value of 25 dB for the noise figure. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0434764

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Senitzky

Organizations

  • Control Data Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Agreements
  • Amplification
  • Cavity Resonators
  • Diameters
  • Measurement
  • Resonance
  • Resonance Absorption
  • Saturation
  • Sensitivity
  • Test Equipment
  • Traveling Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.