Millimeter-Wave Gyrotron Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifiers

• Main Authors: Du, Chao-Hai (Author), Liu, Pu-Kun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

A gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier (gyro-TWT) with the high-power and broad-band capabilities is considered as a turn-on key for next generation high-resolution radar. The book presents comprehensive theory, methods, and physics related to gyro-TWT. The most challenging problem of instability compe...

Table of Contents:

• Review of Gyrotron Traveling-Wave-Tube Amplifiers
• Fundamental Theory of The Electron Cyclotron Maser
• Novel Propagation Characteristics of Lossy Dielectric-Loaded Wave-guides
• Instability Competition in an Ultrahigh Gain Gyro-TWT Amplifier
• A Lossy Ceramic-loaded Millimeter-Wave Gyro-TWT Amplifier
• Exploring new mechanisms for high power millimeter-wave gyrotron amplifiers
• Technologies related to gyrotron amplifiers.