Commissioning of the 34-GHz, 45-MW pulsed magnicon

Author

Nezhevenko, Oleg A. ; LaPointe, Michael A. ; Yakovlev, Vyacheslav P. ; Hirshfield, Jay L.

Author_Institution

Omega-P Inc., New Haven, CT, USA

Volume

32

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

994

Lastpage

1001

Abstract

A high-efficiency, high-power magnicon at 34.272 GHz has been designed and built as a microwave source to develop radio frequency (RF) technology for future multi-TeV electron-positron linear colliders. To develop this technology, this new RF source is being perfected for necessary tests of accelerating structures, RF pulse compressors, RF components, and to determine limits of breakdown and metal fatigue. The design of this high-power amplifier tube, as well as the first experimental results are presented.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; high-frequency discharges; linear colliders; microwave generation; microwave power amplifiers; 34.272 GHz; 45 MW; RF components; breakdown limits; electron-positron linear colliders; high-efficiency high-power pulsed magnicon; high-power amplifier tube; metal fatigue; microwave source; radiofrequency pulse compressors; radiofrequency source; radiofrequency technology; Compressors; Electric breakdown; Fatigue; High power amplifiers; Life estimation; Microwave technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Radio frequency; Testing; Accelerating structure; linear collider; magnicon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2004.830539

Filename

1321260