Sheet Beam Development for mm-Wave Microwave Tubes at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Author

Russell, S.J. ; Bishofberger, K.A. ; Brown, R.W. ; Carlsten, B.E. ; Earley, L.M. ; Haynes, W.B. ; Kirbie, H.C. ; Krawczyk, F.L. ; Romero, F.P. ; Sigler, F.E. ; Smirnova, E.L. ; Wheat, R.M., Jr. ; Wang, Z.F. ; Humphries, S., Jr. ; Ferguson, P.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab.

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

144

Abstract

Currently ongoing at Los Alamos National Laboratory is a program to develop high-power, planar 100-300 GHz traveling-wave tubes (TWTs). The promise of planar TWT technology is: 1) the radio-frequency (RF) structures lend themselves well to established micro-fabrication techniques: and 2) by spreading the electron beam in one dimension, we effectively eliminate the beam self force and can transport a high net beam current, resulting in very high-power devices. An enabling technology for this effort is a sheet electron beam source

Keywords

electron beams; microwave tubes; millimetre wave tubes; nanotechnology; travelling wave tubes; 100 to 300 GHz; RF structures; microfabrication techniques; mm-wave microwave tubes; planar TWT technology; radio-frequency structures; sheet beam development; sheet electron beam source; traveling-wave tubes; Electron beams; Focusing; Laboratories; Lenses; Periodic structures; Permanent magnets; Radio frequency; Solenoids; Space technology; Undulators; TWT; mm-wave; sheet beam;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2006.1666225

Filename

1666225