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Title: Design of a high-power sheet beam klystron

Conference · · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)
OSTI ID:5301414
;  [1];  [2]
  1. DULY Research Incorporated, Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90732 (United States)
  2. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)

We report on theoretical studies to demonstrate the conceptual feasibility of a high-power sheet-beam klystron operating at 11.4 GHz. Numerical simulations are used to investigate beam dynamics and rf issues. Specific problems with the gun design, magnetic focusing, and rf coupling at the output gaps unique to the strip beam geometry of the SBK are considered. Very high efficiencies have been calculated for several values of perveance per square beam element of the SBK. We have found that a lowg-perveance, x-band, sheet-beam klystron is capable of producing over 200 MW of power at 65% efficiency, using a flat electron beam with a reasonable size of 0.4 cm[times]16 cm, a moderate voltage of 400 Kev, a strip gun compression ratio of 10:1, a cathode loading of 124/cm[sup 2], a uniform focusing field of 3 KG, and a double-gap standing-wave output cavity. With only a constant longitudinal focusing field, the calculated efficiency of the SBK is among the highest of current or proposed HPM sources. (AIP)

DOE Contract Number:
FG03-91ER81116; AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
5301414
Report Number(s):
CONF-9206193-; CODEN: APCPCS
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 279:1; Conference: Advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Port Jefferson, NY (United States), 14-20 Jun 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English