An X-band gigawatt amplifier

An X-band gigawatt amplifier

In an X-band Cerenkov amplifier driven by a 0.8-MeV 6-kA electron beam, a gigawatt-level of power radiated in a Gaussian pattern in a 70-ns pulse duration has been demonstrated. The coherence of the output radiation is provided by dividing the oversized interaction space into separate sections with...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2002-06, Vol.30 (3), p.1041-1052
Hauptverfasser: Abubakirov, E.B., Denisenko, A.N., Fuks, M.I., Kolganov, N.G., Kovalev, N.F., Petelin, M.I., Savelyev, A.V., Schamiloglu, E., Soluyanov, E.I., Yastrebov, V.V.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Amplification
Amplifiers
Automotive engineering
Coherence
Devices
Electron beams
Electrons
Gain
High power amplifiers
Instruments
Microwave amplifiers
Noise reduction
Optical coupling
Oscillations
Physics
Power amplifiers
Pulse amplifiers
Radiation
Regenerative
X-band
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Zusammenfassung:In an X-band Cerenkov amplifier driven by a 0.8-MeV 6-kA electron beam, a gigawatt-level of power radiated in a Gaussian pattern in a 70-ns pulse duration has been demonstrated. The coherence of the output radiation is provided by dividing the oversized interaction space into separate sections with different azimuthal symmetry that couples only with the electron beam. A large gain of 47 dB and an efficiency of 23% are obtained using a regenerative amplification of a backward-wave amplifier (BWA) that produce a modulation of the electron beam. The efficiency of this device is 27% when the BWA-modulator operates in the regime of auto oscillations.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2002.801601