• DocumentCode
    2506996
  • Title

    A cusp electron gun for millimeter wave gyro-devices

  • Author

    Donaldson, C.R. ; Cross, A.W. ; Zhang, L. ; Li, F. ; Phelps, A.D.R. ; Ronald, K. ; Robertson, C.W. ; Whyte, C.G. ; Young, A.R. ; He, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-28 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A thermionic cusp electron gun has been designed, numerically optimized and experimentally measured and is presented. A 40 kV, 1.5 A annular axis-encircling electron beam has been simulated to generate a beam with low velocity and alpha spreads. The electron gun performance has been verified through experiments and the results are given.
  • Keywords
    electron guns; gyrotrons; millimetre wave tubes; thermionic emission; alpha spreads; annular axis-encircling electron beam; current 1.5 A; millimeter wave gyro-devices; thermionic cusp electron gun; voltage 40 kV; Coils; Current measurement; Electron beams; Extraterrestrial measurements; Harmonic analysis; Helium; Voltage measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wollongong, NSW
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1598-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380100
  • Filename
    6380100