The Generation of Gigawatt Power Levels of Microwave Radiation
Abstract
Recent dramatic increases in the ability to produce ultrahigh power bursts of microwave radiation both in the United States and in the Soviet Union are causing a complete reevaluation of our use of electronic systems on the battlefield and the susceptibility of current devices of new forms of electronic warfare. At the Harry Diamond Laboratories, a reflex triode has been used to produce peak powers as high as 3 GW in the X-band. Although this device was originally developed as an ion source, the oscillating dipole motion of the electrons makes it an obvious candidate for a source of electromagnetic radiation. A fully relativistic, time-dependent, one-dimensional simulation code was written to investigate these collective oscillations and to predict the microwave energy spectral density. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA090410
Entities
People
- Alan Bromborsky
- George Lasche
- Howard E. Brandt
- R. A. Kehs
Organizations
- Harry Diamond Laboratories