Gyro-TWT (Traveling Wave Tube) Stabilization Method Using Coupled Lossy Waveguide.

Abstract

A frequency-selective stabilization system for a gyrotron traveling wave tube amplifier using a dielectrically loaded lossy auxiliary waveguide coupled to the interaction waveguide of the gyrotron traveling wave tube. The auxiliary waveguide has its cutoff frequency in the range of that of the interaction waveguide where instability is likely to occur, but has a significantly different dielectric constant, which lets it absorb stray oscillations in the range of the interaction waveguide cutoff frequency without significant interaction loss in the range of the operating frequency.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 22, 1988
Accession Number
ADD013695

Entities

People

  • Achintya K. Ganguly
  • Norman R. Vanderplaats

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Gyrotrons
  • Instability
  • Oscillation
  • Stabilization Systems
  • Traveling Wave Tubes
  • Traveling Waves
  • Waveguides
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.