• DocumentCode
    153495
  • Title

    A W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier experiment

  • Author

    He, Wei ; Donaldson, C.R. ; Zhang, Leiqi ; McElhinney, P. ; Phelps, Alan D. R. ; Ronald, Kevin ; Cross, Adrian W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    14-19 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A gyrotron traveling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) with a cusp electron gun and a helically corrugated waveguide operating in the W-band is presented. When driven by an electron beam of energy 40 keV and current 1.5 A, the simulated microwave output power is 5 kW (CW) with a 3 dB frequency bandwidth of 90-100 GHz and a saturated gain of 37 dB. Linear analyses, numerical simulation and the latest experimental results will be presented.
  • Keywords
    electron guns; gyrotrons; travelling wave amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; W-band gyro-TWA; W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier; bandwidth 90 GHz to 100 GHz; current 1.5 A; electron beam; electron gun; electron volt energy 40 keV; gain 3 dB; gain 37 dB; helically corrugated waveguide; microwave output power; power 5 kW; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Electron beams; Gyrotrons; Magnetic fields; Microwave amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tucson, AZ
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956491
  • Filename
    6956491