3D printed surface periodic structures for high power microwave sources

Cross, A. W. and Phipps, A. R. and MacLachlan, A. J. and Zhang, L. and Robertson, C. W. and Ronald, K. and Phelps, A. D. R. (2018) 3D printed surface periodic structures for high power microwave sources. In: AMEREM 2018, 2018-08-27 - 2018-08-31, University of California.

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Abstract

"3D printing" or "Additive Manufacturing" has been used to construct a cylindrical Periodic Surface Lattice (PSL) quickly, efficiently and relatively inexpensively. Millimeter wave output of 130 ± 30 kW was measured at a frequency of ~80 GHz. Further experiments are in progress using an upgraded system.