High Power Magnetron Testbed for Metamaterial Cathodes

Abstract

This final report describes the acquisition and installation of instrumentation purchased under the auspices of the FY2012 DURIP program. All of the proposed instrumentation has been acquired and initial testing will be underway by the end of Fall 2013. The purpose of the acquired instrumentation was to prepare a high power microwave (HPM) testbed to assess metamaterial cathodes. A relativistic magnetron with diffraction output (MDO) is the HPM source that was custom manufactured in order to be used as the testbed. The instrumentation acquired can be summarized as comprising two systems: System I - Magnetron with Diffraction Output (Construction of MDO, Vacuum System Components, Pulsed Magnetic System Charging and Control System II - Microwave Diagnostics to Characterize the Output Graduate and undergraduate student education was an important component of the installation of the acquired instrumentation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 23, 2020
Accession Number
AD1111899

Entities

People

  • Edl Schamiloglu

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Assembly
  • Construction
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diffraction
  • Education
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetrons
  • Metamaterials
  • Microwaves
  • New Mexico
  • Photographs
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Scientific Research
  • Universities
  • Vacuum
  • Vacuum Pumps
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics