Title :
Design and test of an internal coupler to corrugated waveguide for high power gyrotrons
Author :
Neilson, Jeffrey M. ; Tax, David ; Guss, William ; Jawla, Sudheer ; Kowalski, Elizabeth ; Shapiro, Michael ; Temkin, Richard
Author_Institution :
Calabazas Creek Research, Inc., San Mateo, CA
Abstract :
Gyrotrons produce power in high-order TE modes that are converted to a Gaussian beam inside the tube and then matched to the HE11 mode in an external waveguide. A design for coupling to the HE11 mode inside the gyrotron has been developed. Test results show high HE11 output mode purity.
Keywords :
IEEE Xplore; Portable document format; HE11 mode; cold test; corrugated waveguide; gyrotron; internal coupler;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0188-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0187-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262097
