Title :
Efficiency and frequency stability in a high power microwave gap
Author :
Lau, Y.Y. ; Colombant, D.G.
Author_Institution :
US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The authors calculate the power transfer of an intense modulated electron beam to an external load. The simple model fully incorporates various effects such as nonlinear beam loading, finite transit time, AC and DC space charges, and the beam´s initial velocity modulation. It is shown that a fully modulated beam may deliver up to 57% of its power to a load without forming a virtual cathode.<>
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; electron accelerators; microwave devices; external load; finite transit time; frequency stability; high power microwave gap; intense modulated electron beam; nonlinear beam loading; power transfer; space charges; velocity modulation; Cathodes; Electrons; Frequency; Laboratories; Optical modulation; Particle beams; Physics; Space charge; Stability; Vacuum breakdown;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0135-8
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1991.164388
