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Title: High-power microwave transmission and mode conversion program. Progress report, June 15, 1993--June 15, 1994

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10175006· OSTI ID:10175006

This report briefly discusses the following topics: (1) Quasi-optical converter design for Varian gyrotron SN 4.1; (2) Quasi-optical converter cold-test measurement; (3) Modification of geometrical-optics synthesized surfaces; (4)Diffraction synthesis; (5) Tapered dimpled launcher; (6) Work on Vlasov converter system for Varian gyrotron SN 4.1R; (7) Analysis of gyrotron spurious modes; (8) MIT code benchmarking; (9) Development of low-power efficiency test for Vlasov converters; (10) Investigation of optimal beam waist size and mode content for injection into a circular and rectangular corrugated waveguides; (11) The effect of corrugations on reduction of the fields at the wall of waveguides; (12) Shipping of a microwave scanner to Varian and further microwave scanner development; and (13) Code transferred to Varian.

Research Organization:
Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER52122
OSTI ID:
10175006
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/52122-10; ON: DE94017046; BR: AT1501025; TRN: 94:015666
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jun 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English