• DocumentCode
    1401854
  • Title

    Linear theory of a gyrotwystron with stagger-tuned cavities

  • Author

    Nusinovich, Gregory S. ; Chen, Wenjun ; Tripathi, V.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Plasma Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    468
  • Lastpage
    474
  • Abstract
    Gyrotwystrons with a large number of stagger-tuned prebunching cavities are promising wide-band high-gain amplifiers of electromagnetic waves. In the present paper, a small-signal theory describing the tradeoff in the gain and the bandwidth in these devices is developed. The results of the study of gyrotwystrons with one-, two-, and three-cavity prebunching sections are presented. These results show a significant increase in the bandwidth due to the stagger-tuning
  • Keywords
    gyrotrons; microwave power amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; bandwidth; electromagnetic waves; gain; gyrotwystron; linear theory; prebunching sections; small-signal theory; stagger-tuned prebunching cavities; stagger-tuning; wide-band high-gain amplifiers; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Electron beams; Helium; Klystrons; Microwave devices; Phase modulation; Plasma waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.700779
  • Filename
    700779