Repetitively Pulsed Backward-Wave Oscillator Investigations

Abstract

The Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Laboratory at the University of New Mexico (UNM) has completed its initial phase of research on repetitively pulsed high power backward-wave oscillators (BWOs). The aggressive program that we had established seeked to address three basic goals: (1) Understand the physics of high efficiency vacuum BWOs using the Sinus-6 repetitively pulsed electron beam accelerator, (2) study vacuum and initiate plasma-filled long pulse BWO operations using the modified PI-110A accelerator, and (3) Study the prospects of incorporating ferroelectric ceramic cathodes in high power electron beam-driven microwave sources to improve their operations in the long pulse regime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1994
Accession Number
ADA278281

Entities

People

  • Edl Schamiloglu

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backward Wave Oscillators
  • Crystal Structure
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Emission
  • Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Phase Transformations
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics