Accession Number:
AD0692469
Title:
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS FOR TRAVELING-WAVE MASER APPLICATION.
Descriptive Note:
Technical documentary rept. Oct 60-Mar 62,
Corporate Author:
AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS LAB DEER PARK N Y
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Report Date:
1962-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
43.0
Abstract:
The report presents the results of an investigation to determine the feasibility of incorporating superconducting magnet techniques in the design of traveling-wave maser systems. Several different types of magnet configurations were investigated isemagnets, Helmholtz coils, modified Helmholtz coils, air-core solenoids, and magnetic end-loaded air-core solenoids. The magnetic end-loaded air-core solenoid was found to be the best configuration for the S-band maser under consideration. This technique yielded relatively large regions of field homogeneity with relatively small aspect ratios length of solenoiddiameter of solenoid. Several small-scale models of full-length superconducting magnets and foreshortened end-loaded superconducting magnets were constructed using un-annealed niobium wire. Measurements have shown that these magnets were adequate for traveling-wave maser applications that require magnetic fields up to 2,200 gauss and marginal for magnetic fields up to 2,500 gauss. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- Lasers and Masers
- Electricity and Magnetism