Status and ongoing development of a KW-level broadband W-band gyro-TWA

Zhang, Liang and Donaldson, Craig R. and Whyte, Colin G. and Cross, Adrian W.; (2022) Status and ongoing development of a KW-level broadband W-band gyro-TWA. In: 2021 51st European Microwave Conference. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1042-1045. ISBN 9782874870637 (https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc50147.2022.9784268)

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Abstract

A broadband, kW-level gyrotron traveling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) in W-band was developed based on a helically corrugated interaction region and a cusp electron gun. Experiments were carried out to demonstrate the versatility of the gyro-TWA and to investigate its broad instantaneous amplification bandwidth. Following the successful prototyping, research is being carried out to improve the stability of the amplifier and widen its capability for continuous wave operation for long-range high-data-rate communication applications.

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Zhang, Liang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395, Donaldson, Craig R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-2461, Whyte, Colin G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-2443 and Cross, Adrian W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283;
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:81217
    Dates:
    Date
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    2 June 2022
    Published
    6 April 2022
    Published Online
    21 September 2021
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:21 Jun 2022 13:41
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:29
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/81217
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