High Power Microwave Plasma Pulse Compression.

Abstract

It is shown that a plasma loaded waveguide is sufficiently dispersive that very high power microwave pulse compression is possible. The input microwave pulse can be either chirped or fixed frequency, if the waveguide plasma parameters are steady or variable in time respectively. Keywords: Plasma loaded waveguide; High power microwave pulse compression; Input microwave pulse; Waveguide plasma parameters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1985
Accession Number
ADA163298

Entities

People

  • Barrett H. Ripin
  • Wallace M. Manheimer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Classification
  • Compression
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Group Velocity
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Parametric Instability
  • Pulse Compression
  • Security
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveguides
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy