DocumentCode
1860933
Title
Design and fabrication of a sheet beam BWO at 346 GHz
Author
Popovic, Branko ; Himes, Logan ; Gamzina, Diana ; Luhmann, Neville C. ; Paoloni, Claudio ; Letizia, Rosa ; Mineo, Mauro ; Malekabadi, Ali ; Jinjun Feng ; Ye Tang ; Mengchao Gao ; Fuzhi Zhang ; Lingna Yue ; Xiaopin Tang
Author_Institution
Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
27-29 April 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Applications such as fusion diagnostics, imaging and security systems require high frequency sources. As part of a joint international effort regarding novel THz BWOs, a double staggered grating sheet beam BWO at 346 GHz is underdevelopment and being fabricated. Design work has been done on various components, with nano machining and cold testing of the slow wave structure completed.
Keywords
backward wave oscillators; BWO; backward wave oscillators; cold testing; frequency 346 GHz; fusion diagnostics; imaging systems; nano machining; security systems; slow wave structure; Aluminum; Couplers; Fabrication; Gratings; Integrated circuit modeling; Machining; Radio frequency; BWO; double staggered grating; nano machining; sheet beam; terahertz;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-7109-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223816
Filename
7223816
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