Ultra-High Vacuum Systems for Gigawatt HPM Generation.

Abstract

The DURIP funds have been spent on several ultra high vacuum systems important to the advance of high power microwave generation. Novel oxide cathodes have been fabricated in our vacuum-arc plasma deposition chamber that produce high emission densities of 20 A/cm2 and display low work functions of only 1.6eV, which were made possible by the low vacuum pressures produced by the equipment purchased under the DURIP grant. Two Cusp electron guns have been delivered to UC Davis by Northrop Grumman. These state-of-the-art electron gunds will be employed to drive UC Davis' efficient high harmonic gyrotrons and peniotrons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA366875

Entities

People

  • Neville C. Luhmann Jr.

Organizations

  • University of California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cathodes
  • Detectors
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Guns
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Fabrication
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Gyrotrons
  • High Power Microwaves
  • High Vacuum
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Manufacturing
  • Oxide Cathodes
  • Repetition Rate
  • Work Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics