Method for achievement of a multigigawatt peak power by compressing microwave pulses of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator in a helical waveguide

Bratman, V.L. and Denisov, G.G. and Samsonov, S.V. and Cross, A.W. and Ronald, K. and Phelps, A.D.R. (2007) Method for achievement of a multigigawatt peak power by compressing microwave pulses of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator in a helical waveguide. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics, 50 (1). pp. 36-48. ISSN 0033-8443

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Abstract

We show theoretically that the use of a circular oversized waveguide with a helically corrugated internal surface as a dispersive medium ensures efficient compression of frequency-modulated microwave pulses up to peak powers of about 10 GW. According to the calculations, a pulse with the required frequency modulation can be obtained in a relativistic backward-wave oscillator operated in the 3-cm wavelength range and producing an output power of hundreds of megawatts. In a demonstration experiment, a 80-ns pulse of kilowatt power with frequency modulation in a 5% band was compressed to a 1.5-ns pulse with a 25-fold power amplification.

Author(s):Bratman, V.L., Denisov, G.G., Samsonov, S.V., Cross, A.W., Ronald, K. and Phelps, A.D.R.
Item type:Article
ID code:31269
Keywords:circular oversized waveguide , microwave pulses , frequency modulation, Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Subjects:Science > Physics
Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited:13 Jul 2011 08:56
Last modified:03 Jan 2019 12:56
URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31269
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