High power microwaves at 9 GHz from an extended length cavity in a coaxial beam geometry

Experiment and simulation demonstrate high power microwave generation at 9 GHz using a 9-cm-diam, 400-keV, 7-kA annular electron beam. The beam is propagated in a coaxial drift tube between inner and outer conductors, a configuration which increases the available beam current and reduces the surface...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 1993-09, Vol.63 (13), p.1854-1856
Main Authors: Davis, T. J., Schächter, L., Nation, J. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BEAMS
CAVITY RESONATORS
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COUPLING
DRIFT TUBES
EFFICIENCY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
LEPTON BEAMS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
PARTICLE BEAMS
POWER GENERATION
RADIATIONS
RESONATORS 665520 > Other Methods of Direct Energy Conversion-- (1992-)
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Summary:Experiment and simulation demonstrate high power microwave generation at 9 GHz using a 9-cm-diam, 400-keV, 7-kA annular electron beam. The beam is propagated in a coaxial drift tube between inner and outer conductors, a configuration which increases the available beam current and reduces the surface fields from existing high power sources. The microwave interaction is provided by an extended length loaded cavity, overcoming the limitations of radiative loss and low quality factor usually imposed by the coaxial geometry. A coupler samples 25 MW of the total 200 MW produced by the beam-cavity interaction. Simulations indicate that the 7% efficiency can be significantly improved by optimizing the interaction length.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.110655