Microwave pulse compression using helically corrugated waveguides and its potential for generating ultra-high power RF radiation

Author

Burt, G. ; Samsono, S.V. ; Ronald, K. ; Bratman, V. L B ; Young, R. ; Denisov, Gregory G. ; Phelps, A.D.R. ; Cross, A.W. ; Konoplev, I.V. ; He, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

477

Lastpage

478

Abstract

The use of a helically corrugated waveguide as a dispersive medium for microwave pulse compression is presented. The helically corrugated waveguide has a large variation in group-velocity with frequency in a region far from cut-off. This compressor does not suffer from reflections associated with operation near cut-off and therefore can be used at the output of a high-power microwave device.

Keywords

backward wave oscillators; circular waveguides; helical waveguides; microwave generation; microwave oscillators; microwave propagation; pulse compression; backward wave oscillators; cut-off frequency; dispersive medium; group-velocity; helically corrugated waveguides; high-power microwave device; microwave pulse compression; ultra high power RF radiation generation; Microwave devices; Microwave theory and techniques; Physics; Polarization mode dispersion; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Radio frequency; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422171

Filename

1422171