Topics in HPM (High-Power Microwave) Generation, Coupling, and Interaction
Abstract
This document comprises a collection of technical notes on various aspects of high-power microwave (HPM) generation, coupling, and interaction. The notes were written between October 1983 and February 1986, and were originally distributed rather informally as Microwave Notes to members of the HPM community. It has since seemed worthwhile to edit and transcribe them, and to publish them as a single report. Time and resources did not permit either as detailed an editing job would have been desirable, or recalculation and plotting of the numerical results in a more elegant form. It is to be hoped, however, that this integrated document will prove useful to the community. The selection of topics addressed in the Microwave Notes was influenced by questions which arose at various stages of the author's involvement in HPM-related activities. The subject of pulse radiation from aperture antennas subject to turn-on time errors, for example, arose in the context of a proposed HPM generation scheme. Consideration of the scattering cross-section of a simple dipole and of its dual problem, the effective area of a thin slot, was motivated by the need to understand the penetration of such slot apertures by HPM pulses. (rrh)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA216882
Entities
People
- Kendall F. Casey