The development of a diamond switch for RF pulse compression systems

Author

Xu, Xiaoxi ; Schein, Jochen ; Qi, Niansheng ; Prasad, Rahul R. ; Krishnan, Mahadevan ; Fumihiko, Tamura ; Tantawi, Sami G.

Author_Institution

Alameda Appl. Sci. Corp., San Leandro, CA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

92

Abstract

The use of a diamond RF switch for super-highpower microwave/millimeter wave generation has been evaluated. An X-band chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond window package was theoretically analyzed, designed, and built. Thirty-eight percent of an injected microwave signal with a frequency of 11.424 GHz was reflected from a 100-μm thick, 22-mm-diameter CVD diamond window when activated by a 160-mJ, 266-nm Nd:YAG laser. The details of the CVD diamond window design and experimental results are presented. The results have high application potential for building super-high-power microwave systems

Keywords

diamond; microwave amplifiers; pulse compression; 11.424 GHz; 160 mJ; 266 nm; C; CVD diamond window; RF compression; RF pulse compression systems; X-band chemical vapor deposition; diamond RF switch; diamond switch; diamond window package; injected microwave signal reflection; microwave amplifier; super-high-power microwave systems; super-highpower microwave/millimeter wave generation; Chemical analysis; Chemical lasers; Chemical vapor deposition; Laser theory; Microwave generation; Packaging; Pulse compression methods; Radio frequency; Switches; Windows;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.912946

Filename

912946