Resonant cavity Vircator driven by a thermionic cathode electron beam gun
Journal Article
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· IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Texas Instrument, Dallas, TX (United States)
A resonant cavity Vircator (virtual cathode oscillator) driven by an electron beam emitted from a broad area thermionic cathode has been tested at Textron Defense Systems. Narrow bandwidth (1.0 MHz at the {minus}3 dB level) excitation of the TM{sub 0.23} mode of a cylindrical resonant cavity was observed at a frequency of 986 MHz with a pulse length of 1.2 {mu}s. The single cavity mode excitation is attributed to the constant voltage and current electron beam emitted form the thermionic cathode.
- OSTI ID:
- 142415
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 21; ISSN ITPSBD; ISSN 0093-3813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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