Amplification of W-band multi-frequency signals using a gyro-TWA

He, W. and Donaldson, C. R. and Zhang, L. and Cain, P. and Yin, H. and Ronald, K. and Cross, A. W. and Phelps, A. D. R.; (2018) Amplification of W-band multi-frequency signals using a gyro-TWA. In: 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). IEEE, JPN. ISBN 9781538638095 (https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2018.8510108)

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Abstract

A W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier (gyroTWA) based on a helically corrugated interaction region achieved an unsaturated output power of 3.4 kW with a gain of up to 37 dB and a 3 dB frequency bandwidth of at least 5.5 GHz. In the experiments it was found that the gyro-TWA can be operated with a range of different electron beams. Also the frequency agility of the gyro-TWA was demonstrated by the amplification of multi-frequency signals.