(DURIP-97) Upgrade of a Long Pulse, High Power Backward Wave Oscillator to Ultraclean Vacuum Conditions

Abstract

A brazed ceramic insulator stack has been designed and constructed for use on the University of New Mexico long pulse PI-110A electron beam accelerator that is being used to drive a high power backward wave oscillator. This ceramic insulator stack now establishes an environment within the high power tube that is similar to the environment found in commercially manufactured vacuum tubes such as klystrons. Detailed experiments will follow to establish whether this new environment leads to significant advances in the output energy that is radiated from these type of sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364741

Entities

People

  • Edl Schamiloglu

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backward Wave Oscillators
  • Composite Materials
  • Dielectrics
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electrons
  • Environment
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Klystrons
  • Laser Beams
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Microwave Tubes
  • Oscillators
  • Surface Properties
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics