Pulsed microwave and millimeter wavelength radiation from the back-lighted thyratron

Author

Liou, R. ; Figueroa, H. ; McCurdy, A.H. ; Kirkman-Amemiya, G. ; Temkin, R.J. ; Fetterman, H. ; Gundersen, M.A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

9-12 Dec. 1990

Firstpage

715

Lastpage

718

Abstract

The authors report experimental results on the production of radiation from approximately=20 GHz to approximately=100 GHz in a pseudospark-type device. Pulsed emission of radiation occurs from a low (neutral) pressure ( approximately=100 mtorr Ar) discharge, during the initial transient phase, as the plasma is being formed and a pulsed electron beam is temporarily present. A high-energy electron beam (15 approximately 20 keV) has been observed along with a high-density plasma in this pseudospark-type device. A beam-plasma interaction is proposed as the mechanism for the radiation generation.<>

Keywords

microwave generation; microwave tubes; thyratrons; 20 to 100 GHz; back-lighted thyratron; beam-plasma interaction; high-density plasma; initial transient phase; millimeter wavelength radiation; pseudospark-type device; pulsed electron beam; radiation generation; Argon; Electron beams; Microwave devices; Plasma devices; Plasma waves; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 1990. IEDM '90. Technical Digest., International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0163-1918

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.1990.237100

Filename

237100