Megavolt, Multi-Kiloamp Ka-Band Gyrotron Oscillator Experiment

Abstract

A high peak power K sub a band gyrotron oscillator experiment is reported. This experiment operated at 35 GHz in a sub a TE sub 62 mode, using a 1-1.35 MeV, multi-kiloamp beam from the VEBA pulseline accelerator. The use of an apertured anode configuration provided improved beam quality compared to earlier experiments that were carried out in a foilless diode geometry. As a result, the peak power has increased to approximately 275 MW with peak efficiencies exceeding 10%. The experimental results are in reasonable agreement with the predictions of theory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1989
Accession Number
ADA206271

Entities

People

  • Arne W. Fliflet
  • D. A. Kirkpatrick
  • Steven H. Gold
  • W. M. Black
  • Wallace M. Manheimer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Defense Systems
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • High Energy
  • High Voltage
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Millimeter Waves
  • Peak Power
  • Radiation
  • Simulations
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.