A WIDE-BAND MILLIMETER-WAVE GYROTRON TRAVELING-WAVE AMPLIFIER EXPERIMENT

被引:51
作者
CHU, KR
BARNETT, LR
LAU, WK
CHANG, LH
CHEN, HY
机构
[1] Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
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10.1109/16.106257
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Saturated instantaneous bandwidth (FWHM) of at least 10% is demonstrated in a Ka-band gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT) with uniform interaction waveguide and magnetic field. A relatively low α (≡ v1 /v11) beam has resulted in stable saturated operation and broad bandwidth. This, together with the overall performance of the tube (18.4-kW maximum power at 18.6% efficiency and 18-dB gain) strongly reinforces the possibility of developing a new generation of millimeter traveling-wave amplifiers based on the gyro-TWT. © 1990 IEEE
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