Accession Number:

ADA090598

Title:

Gigawatt Microwave Emission from a Relativistic Reflex Triode

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

HARRY DIAMOND LABS ADELPHI MD

Personal Author(s):

• Brandt, Howard E.
• Bromborsky, Alan
• Bruns, Henry B.
• Kehs, Richard A.
• Lasche, George P.

Report Date:

1980-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Single microwave bursts in X-band of 10-ns duration at gigawatt power levels have been obtained with the relativistic reflex triode. The associated relativistic space-charge oscillations have rich high-frequency content. The dominant radiated modes are determined by gap spacing, beam diameter, and gap voltage. The theory of the collective electron space-charge oscillations and the resultant microwave power spectrum is reviewed and compared with experiment.

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRON BEAMS
• *MICROWAVE TUBES
• POWER LEVELS
• ENERGY TRANSFER
• POWER SPECTRA
• PUMPING(ELECTRONICS)
• CHARGE DENSITY
• OSCILLATION
• X BAND
• SPACE CHARGE
• POISSON EQUATION
• RELATIVITY THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Particle Accelerators

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE