Autophase cyclotron autoresonance maser amplifiers

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physics of Fluids B; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.860116· OSTI ID:7115471

Menninger, W L; Danly, B G; Temkin, R J ^[1]

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1. Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

The phase stability of the output power from high-power microwave tubes is a critical issue in applications such as electron acceleration and radar. The radio frequency (rf) phase stability of cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifiers is investigated, and the phase stability of a CARM amplifier with a suitable correlation between perpendicular momentum and beam energy is shown to result in an order-of-magnitude improvement in phase stability over other rf sources. A technique for producing such a correlation, termed autophasing, is identified.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER14052
• OSTI ID: 7115471
• Journal Information: Physics of Fluids B; (United States), Journal Name: Physics of Fluids B; (United States) Vol. 4:5; ISSN PFBPE; ISSN 0899-8221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
ACCELERATORS
AMPLIFIERS
CYCLOTRON RESONANCE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
MASERS
MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
MICROWAVE RADIATION
MICROWAVE TUBES
PHASE SHIFT
PHASE STABILITY
RADIATIONS
RESONANCE
STABILITY
WAVEGUIDES