Accession Number:

ADA090410

Title:

The Generation of Gigawatt Power Levels of Microwave Radiation

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

HARRY DIAMOND LABS ADELPHI MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kehs, R. A.
• Brandt, Howard E.
• Bromborsky, Alan
• Lasche, George

Report Date:

1980-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

Recent dramatic increases in the ability to produce ultrahigh power bursts of microwave radiation both in the United States and in the Soviet Union are causing a complete reevaluation of our use of electronic systems on the battlefield and the susceptibility of current devices of new forms of electronic warfare. At the Harry Diamond Laboratories, a reflex triode has been used to produce peak powers as high as 3 GW in the X-band. Although this device was originally developed as an ion source, the oscillating dipole motion of the electrons makes it an obvious candidate for a source of electromagnetic radiation. A fully relativistic, time-dependent, one-dimensional simulation code was written to investigate these collective oscillations and to predict the microwave energy spectral density. Author

Descriptors:

• *POWER AMPLIFIERS
• *X BAND
• *MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS
• POWER LEVELS
• ELECTRONIC WARFARE
• PEAK POWER
• CATHODES
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• TRIODES
• PARTICLE BEAMS
• ION SOURCES
• ANODES
• BURST TRANSMISSION

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE