A W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier

Donaldson, C. R. and He, W. and Zhang, L. and McElhinney, P. and Ronald, K. and Cross, A. W.; (2013) A W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier. In: 1st Annual Active and Passive RF Devices Seminar. Institution of Engineering and Technology, GBR, pp. 51-53. ISBN 9781849197939 (https://doi.org/10.1049/ic.2013.0238)

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Abstract

A gyrotron traveling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) with a cusp electron gun and a helically corrugated waveguide operating in the W-band is presented. When driven by an electron beam of energy 40 keV and current 1.5 A, the amplifier is simulated to output 5-10 kW (CW) with a 3 dB frequency bandwidth of 90-100 GHz and saturated gain of 40 dB. Linear analysis, numerical simulation and experimental results will be presented.

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Donaldson, C. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-2461, He, W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-0527, Zhang, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395, McElhinney, P., Ronald, K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-0746 and Cross, A. W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283;
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