Discrete monotron oscillator
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
The authors theoretically and numerically investigate the operation and behavior of the discrete monotron oscillator, a novel high-power microwave source. The discrete monotron differs from conventional monotrons and transit time oscillators by shielding the electron beam from the monotron cavity`s RF fields except at two distinct locations. This makes the discrete monotron act more like a klystron than a distributed traveling wave device. As a result, the oscillator has higher efficiency and can operate with higher beam powers than other single cavity oscillators and has more stable operation without requiring a seed input signal than mildly relativistic, intense-beam klystron oscillators.
- OSTI ID:
- 379786
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 24; ISSN ITPSBD; ISSN 0093-3813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Discrete monotron oscillator having one-half wavelength coaxial resonator with one-quarter wavelength gap spacing
Phase-locked radial klystron oscillators