Millimeter wave, 25 kW CW gyrotrons using permanent-magnets
- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Science
Two compact 25 kW cw, low magnetic field gyrotrons have been designed for use in Ka-Band and W-Band systems. Both 50 kV devices have been designed to minimize their size and weight by using a 4.5 kG Samarium cobalt permanent magnet. Their designs are presented. The 35 GHz gyrotron uses a 3 A MIG and operates at the third harmonic in the TE{sub 411} mode of a smooth-bore cylindrical cavity. For an output power of 25 kW, the predicted conversion efficiency is 25%, yielding an output efficiency of 17%. An ideal 33 kV single-stage depressed collector following a magnetic downtaper could increase the device efficiency to 50%. The 94 GHz gyrotron utilizes a Cusp gun and operates at the eight-harmonic in a sixteen-vane slotted cavity. The efficiency of the 95 GHz gyrotron is predicted to be 10%, which could also be boosted to {approximately} 50% with a depressed collector. Either device can be reconfigured as a tunable gyro-BWO. Mode competition will be controlled in both gyrotrons by slicing the cavities to interrupt the azimuthal wall currents of unwanted modes as utilized recently in the successful second-harmonic TE{sub 21} gyro-TWT amplifier experiment.
- OSTI ID:
- 428056
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960634-; TRN: IM9708%%385
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science, Boston, MA (United States), 3-5 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of IEEE conference record -- Abstracts: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science; PB: 324 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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