• DocumentCode
    1010612
  • Title

    Resonant cavity vircator driven by a thermionic cathode electron beam gun

  • Author

    Kraft, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instrum., Dallas, TX, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    739
  • Lastpage
    742
  • Abstract
    A resonant cavity vircator (virtual cathode oscillator) driven by an electron beam emitted from a broad-area thermionic cathode is tested. Narrow-bandwidth (1.0 MHz at the -3 dB level) excitation of the TM023 mode of a cylindrical resonant cavity is observed at a frequency of 986 MHz with a pulselength of 1.2 μs. The single-cavity-mode excitation is attributed to the constant-voltage and -current electron beam emitted from the thermionic cathode
  • Keywords
    cavity resonators; electron beams; electron guns; microwave oscillators; thermionic cathodes; ultra-high-frequency tubes; 1.0 MHz; 1.2 mus; 986 MHz; TM023 mode; broad-area thermionic cathode; constant current emission; constant-voltage; cylindrical resonant cavity; electron beam; narrow bandwidth excitation; pulselength; resonant cavity vircator; single-cavity-mode excitation; thermionic cathode electron beam gun; virtual cathode oscillator; Anodes; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Cathodes; Coils; Electron beams; Electron guns; Frequency; Resonance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.256794
  • Filename
    256794
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1010612