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Title: High power microwave generator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7021543

A microwave generator efficiently converts the energy of an intense relativistic electron beam (REB) into a high-power microwave emission using the Smith-Purcell effect which is related to Cerenkov radiation. Feedback for efficient beam bunching and high gain is obtained by placing a cylindrical Smith-Purcell transmission grating on the axis of a toroidal resonator. High efficiency results from the use of a thin cold annular highly-magnetized REB that is closely coupled to the resonant structure.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Application Number:
ON: DE84014230
OSTI ID:
7021543
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English