Experimental high power plasma-filled backward wave oscillator results

K. Minami; W. R. Lou; W. W. Destler; R. A. Kehs; V. L. Granatstein; Y. Carmel

Experimental high power plasma-filled backward wave oscillator results

K. Minami, W. R. Lou, W. W. Destler, R. A. Kehs, V. L. Granatstein, Y. Carmel

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Abstract

Previous results by Yu. V. Tkach et al. (1975) have indicated that a background gas can be used to increase the output microwave power of relativistic backward wave oscillators (BWOs) two or three times the vacuum case. In the authors' experiments, two methods of plasma production were investigated in detail: (1) the use of the electron beam to ionize a background gas, and (2) the use of a plasma gun to inject a background plasma into the slow-wave structure of a BWO. It was found in the first case that there was a resonant increase in microwave power at a particular pressure of the background gas by a factor of ten. In the second case, power also increased compared with power production in vacuum.

Original language	English
Pages	101
Number of pages	1
State	Published - 1 Dec 1988
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science - 1988 - Seattle, WA, USA Duration: 6 Jun 1988 → 8 Jun 1988

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science - 1988
City	Seattle, WA, USA
Period	6/06/88 → 8/06/88

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General Engineering

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Experimental high power plasma-filled backward wave oscillator results

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