Millimeter Wave Vircator.

Abstract

Te millimeter wave vircator as achieved a frequency in excess of 39.9 Ghz and a peak power of the order of 21 kilowatts (f > or = 26.35 GHz) for a pulse duration of as short as 5 ns full width at half maximum. A new moderate voltage, high current density, field emission gun has been tested to a voltage, high current density, field emission gun as been tested to a voltage of 67 kV and an inferred current density of 7 kA/per sq cm. A new compact capacitive voltage monitor, similar to those commonly used in radar modulators, has been developed for short pulse, fast risetime, low to moderate impedance pulse lines. Keywords include: Virtual cathode, Virtual anode; Virtual cathode oscillator; VIRCATOR; Space-charge limit; Space-charge limiting current; Millimeter microwaves; and Spectrometer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159394

Entities

People

  • D. E. Voss
  • D. J. Sullivan
  • E. M. Bollen
  • Kenneth Busby
  • R. J. Adler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Birds
  • Charged Particles
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Energy Storage
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Microwave Frequency
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • 5G - Internet of Things
  • AI & ML
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster