Study of millimetre wave extended interaction oscillation using pseudospark-sourced E-beams

Cross, A. W. and Yin, H. and Zhang, L. and He, W. and Shu, G. and Zhao, J. and Yin, Y. and Ronald, K. and Phelps, A. D. R.; (2017) Study of millimetre wave extended interaction oscillation using pseudospark-sourced E-beams. In: 2017 47th European Microwave Conference. IEEE, DEU, pp. 560-563. ISBN 9782874870477 (https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC.2017.8230909)

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Abstract

This article presents the investigation of millimetre wave extended interaction oscillation (EIO) using both pencil and sheet-shaped pseudospark (PS)-sourced electron beams. A W-band (75-110 GHz) pencil beam Extended Interaction Oscillator (EIO) was designed and constructed to operate for the first experiment with the output power of 38 W achieved from a four-gap PS discharge operating at 30.5 kV. To increase the output power of the EIO, PS-sourced beam generation was further advanced with an integrated post-acceleration section and a PS sheet-beam.