High Power Microsecond Microwave Generator in Vircator Triode

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking Tomsk Polytechnical University as follows: The contractor will perform two primary tasks as described in his proposal; (1) design, construct and fabricate the vircator triode. The voltage source, multipoint cathode and mesh anode shall be optimized to provide long pulse and high efficiency operation. Frequency chirping shall be measured as well as the radiated power; and (2) Demonstrate microsecond high power, high efficiency generation in Tomsk and shall conduct investigations of radiated frequency behavior during the pulse. The high-current accelerator, LUCH-2 will be used. Experts from US universities and industry who are part of the High Power Microwave MURI Project funded by AFOSR may participate in the testing at Tomsk.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1998
Accession Number
ADA356035

Entities

People

  • Alexey Zherlitsyn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contracts
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Efficiency
  • Electron Beams
  • Electronic Counter Countermeasures
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Generators
  • High Power Microwaves
  • High Voltage
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Microsecond Time
  • Microwaves
  • Pulse Generators
  • Radiation
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy