Extrapolation of the FOM 1MW free electron maser to a multi-megawatt millimeter microwave source

Conference · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:459988

Caplan, M ^[1]; Valentini, M; Verhoeven, A; Urbanus, W ^[2]; Tulupov, A ^[3]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
2. FOM-Instituut voor Plasmafysica, Rijnhuizen (Netherlands)
3. Soliton-NTT Research Centre, Moscow (Russian Federation)

A Free Electron Maser is now under test at the FOM Institute (Rijnhuizen) Netherlands with the goal of producing 1 MW long pulse to CW microwave output in the range 130 GHz to 250 GHz with wall plug efficiencies of 60%. An extrapolated version of this device is proposed, which would produce microwave power levels of up to 5 MW CW. This would allow for practical applications in such diverse areas as space power beaming, heating of fusion plasmas and hearing of high Mach number wind tunnels.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 459988
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-125861; CONF-9608133-16; ON: DE97051358
• Resource Relation: Conference: 18. international free electron laser conference and 3. FEL Users` workshop, Rome (Italy), 25-30 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
MASERS
TESTING
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
POWER RANGE 01-10 MW
WIGGLER MAGNETS
BEAM OPTICS
TUNING