Application of intense relativistic electron beams in RF generation--relativistic Klystron amplifier

Conference · Sun Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:7245325

Friedman, M; Serlin, V; Lau, Y Y ^[1]; Krall, J ^[2]

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1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375-5000 (US)
2. S.A.I.C., McLean VA 22101 (USA)

This research addresses the development of new high power RF Klystron-like amplifiers. These amplifiers use modulated intense relativistic electron beams of power exceeding 10 gigawatts. The development of the new amplifier resulted from successful experiments in 1986, demonstrating generation of a completely modulated intense relativistic electron beam, of power 1--10 gigawatts by a lower power ({congruent}100 kw) external RF source. One of the important results in the experiment was that the phases of the electron bunches were locked'' to the RF source and phase variations were below 4 degrees. These electron bunches traversing special structures radiated RF power at a 3 gigawatts level. With the knowledge accumulated during the last three years we can project RF sources, using modulated IREBs, capable of generating gigawatts of RF power with energy per pulse in the 100 kilojoule range. This kind of power makes such devices interesting for heating plasmas to thermonuclear temperatures and for powering large RF accelerators. {copyright} 1989 American Institute of Physics

• OSTI ID: 7245325
• Report Number(s): CONF-890197--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 193:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AMPLIFIERS
BEAMS
CAVITIES
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
HEATING
KLYSTRONS
LEPTON BEAMS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
MICROWAVE TUBES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PHASE STABILITY
PLASMA HEATING
RF SYSTEMS
STABILITY
SYNTHESIS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TIME MEASUREMENT