HIGH-POWER OPERATION OF A K-BAND 2ND-HARMONIC GYROKLYSTRON

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LAWSON, W [1 ]
MATTHEWS, HW [1 ]
LEE, MKE [1 ]
CALAME, JP [1 ]
HOGAN, B [1 ]
CHENG, J [1 ]
LATHAM, PE [1 ]
GRANATSTEIN, VL [1 ]
REISER, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT ELECT ENGN,COLL PK,MD 20742
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.456
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Amplification studies of a two-cavity second-harmonic gyroklystron are reported. A magnetron injection gun produces a 440 kV, 200-245 A, 1 mus beam with an average perpendicular-to-parallel velocity ratio slightly less than 1. The TE011 input cavity is driven near 9.88 GHz and the TE021 output cavity resonates near 19.76 GHz. Peak powers exceeding 21 MW are achieved with an efficiency near 21% and a large signal gain above 25 dB. This performance represents the current state of the art for gyroklystrons in terms of the peak power normalized to the output wavelength squared.
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