Title :
Electron bunching and energy exchange in a traveling-wave tube
Author :
Webber, Stanley E.
Author_Institution :
General Electric Res. Lab., Schenectady, N.Y.
Abstract :
A physical picture of electron-wave interaction, electron bunching, and energy exchange in the traveling-wave tube is obtained by a study of the problem of electrons moving in a traveling electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude. This very simple analysis results in an easily understood qualitative description of the details of the interaction mechanism at large signal within an operating traveling-wave tube.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Amplitude modulation; Charge carrier processes; Electromagnetic scattering; Electron beams; Electron devices; Electron traps; Electron tubes; Energy exchange; Energy measurement; Milling machines; Signal analysis;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-ED.1957.14206
