Title :
High-harmonic content in trapped-plasma-mode oscillators
Author :
Snapp, C.P. ; Baukus, James P.
Author_Institution :
Cornell University, School of Electrical Engineering, Ithaca, USA
Abstract :
A waveguide-coaxial cavity has enabled efficient trapped-plasma-mode harmonic generation to be extended into the K band. A power of 2 W at 3.8% efficiency was obtained at the 12th harmonic of a 1.67 GHz fundamental. The use of a lamellar grating far-infrared interferometer with a novel gated detection system verified the presence of components up to 40 GHz, a frequency corresponding to three times the normal transit-time frequency.
Keywords :
IMPATT devices; harmonic generation; microwave oscillators; IMPATT; gated detection system; harmonic generation; high harmonic content; lamellar grating far infrared interferometer; microwave oscillator; trapped plasma mode oscillator; waveguide coaxial cavity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19710287
