VACUUM TUBE RESEARCH PROJECT.

Abstract

A mercury arc discharge tube was constructed to study transmission of a high voltage (500-1000 V) beam of electrons. It was constructed in such a way that if transmission through the arc is satisfactory, it may be possible to obtain plasma amplification. The slipping stream analysis was specialized to the thin beam limit and it was shown that it is in agreement with the simplified non-slipping stream analysis presented in the last few quarterly reports in all details which the latter analysis purports to describe. Thus both analyses describe the same physical process. A brief resume is given of the approach to the large signal analysis of linear M-type devices. Another low noise 1400 mc traveling wave tube was completed and tested. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1956
Accession Number
AD0693023

Entities

People

  • Lester M. Field
  • Roy W. Gould

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Amplification
  • Discharge Tubes
  • Electric Arcs
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electrons
  • High Voltage
  • Low Noise
  • Noise
  • Traveling Wave Tubes
  • Traveling Waves
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics