Discrete monotron oscillator

Author

Carlsten, Bruce E. ; Haynes, W. Brian

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

24

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1249

Lastpage

1258

Abstract

We theoretically and numerically investigate the operation and behavior of the discrete monotron oscillator, a novel high-power microwave source. The discrete monotron differs from conventional monotrons and transit time oscillators by shielding the electron beam from the monotron cavity´s RF fields except at two distinct locations. This makes the discrete monotron act more like a klystron than a distributed traveling wave device. As a result, the oscillator has higher efficiency and can operate with higher beam powers than other single cavity oscillators and has more stable operation without requiring a seed input signal than mildly relativistic, intense-beam klystron oscillators

Keywords

microwave generation; microwave oscillators; microwave tubes; discrete monotron oscillator; distributed traveling wave device; electron beam shielding; high-power microwave source; klystron; numerical investigation; operation; relativistic intense-beam klystron oscillators; single cavity oscillators; theoretical investigation; transit time oscillators; Chemical industry; Construction industry; Defense industry; Electromagnetic heating; Electron beams; Klystrons; Microwave devices; Microwave oscillators; Plasma stability; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.536572

Filename

536572