Experimental test of a W-band gyro-TWA for cloud radar applications

He, W. and Donaldson, C. R. and Zhang, L. and McElhinney, P. and Yin, H. and Garner, J. R. and Ronald, K. and Cross, A. W. and Phelps, A. D.R.; (2016) Experimental test of a W-band gyro-TWA for cloud radar applications. In: 2016 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE, GBR, pp. 1099-1102. ISBN 9782874870439 (https://doi.org/10.1109/EuMC.2016.7824539)

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Abstract

In this paper initial experimental results of a W-band gyrotron travelling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) which is upgraded to operate at a high pulse repetitive frequency of 2 kHz will be presented. The gyro-TWA based on a helically corrugated interaction region and cusp electron beam source can output a maximum power of 5 kW at its centre frequency of ∼94 GHz with an instantaneous frequency bandwidth of 10 GHz. The design, upgrade and performance of the amplifier and its components will be presented.

ORCID iDs

He, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-0527, Donaldson, C. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-2461, Zhang, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395, McElhinney, P., Yin, H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-9759, Garner, J. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-0739, Ronald, K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-0746, Cross, A. W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283 and Phelps, A. D.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:66427
    Dates:
    Date
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    4 October 2016
    Published
    1 April 2016
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
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    Date deposited:21 Dec 2018 10:55
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66427
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