Microfabricated THz sheet beam vacuum electron devices

Author

Shin, Young-Min ; Zhao, Jinfeng ; Gamzina, Diana ; Baig, Anisullah ; Barchfield, Robert ; Spear, Alexander ; Wang, Jian-Xun ; Domier, Calvin W. ; Barnett, Larry R. ; Luhmann, Neville C., Jr.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California - Davis (UCD), Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

2-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The current status of THz sheet beam coherent source development is presented, including theoretical, numerical, and experimental investigation of the operational characteristics/performance, device component design, and emission/ life-time test results of synthesized nanocomposite cathodes. Advanced MEMS techniques using UV lithographic molding and ultra-precision CNC machining to realize the devices in the submillimeter wave regime are also discussed.

Keywords

LIGA; cathodes; computerised numerical control; life testing; micromachining; micromechanical devices; nanocomposites; submillimetre wave devices; MEMS technique; THz sheet beam coherent source development; UV lithographic molding; device component design; emission-life-time test result; microfabricated THz sheet beam vacuum electron device; submillimeter wave device; synthesized nanocomposite cathode; ultra-precision CNC machining; Bandwidth; Cathodes; Current density; Klystrons; Plasmas; Predictive models; Time frequency analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

2162-2027

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0510-6

Electronic_ISBN

2162-2027

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105031

Filename

6105031