Slotted third-harmonic gyro-TWT amplifier experiment

被引:10
作者
Chong, CK [1 ]
McDermott, DB [1 ]
Luhmann, NC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS, DEPT APPL SCI, DAVIS, CA 95616 USA
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D O I
10.1109/27.533074
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The first operation of a slotted third-harmonic gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier is reported, The low-magnetic-field moderate-voltage gyrotron amplifier's 62-keV 2.5-A upsilon(perpendicular to)/upsilon(parallel to) = 1.2 axis-encircling electron beam was supplied by a gyroresonant RF accelerator, The 10-GHz 1.3-kG single-section slotted third-harmonic amplifier is stable and yielded 12.5 dB of small-signal gain with a bandwidth of 2.5%, The experiment was performed as a scaled proof-of-principle test of the 95-GHz multisection slotted amplifier under development at CPI (formerly Varian).
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