Abstract :
This review discusses the present state-of-the-art of passive high-power microwave components for applications in microwave systems for RF plasma generation and heating, plasma diagnostics, plasma and microwave materials processing, spectroscopy, communication, radar ranging and imaging, and for drivers of next generation high-field-gradient electron-positron linear colliders. The paper reports on high-power components for overmoded high-power transmission systems such as smooth-wall waveguides, HE11 hybrid mode waveguides and quasi-optical TEM00 beam waveguides. These include various types of mode converters, polarizers, cross-section tapers, bends, mode selective filters, pulse compressors, DC-breaks, directional couplers, beam combiners and dividers, vacuum windows, and instruments for mode analysis. Problems of ohmic attenuation and unwanted conversion to parasitic modes are discussed in detail and rules for alignment requirements are given. In the case of waveguide transmission, this review mainly concentrates on circular waveguide components but also deals with rectangular waveguide.
Keywords :
microwave tubes; plasma diagnostics; plasma materials processing; plasma radiofrequency heating; RF plasma generation; RF plasma heating; beam combiners; circular waveguide components; communication; cross-section tapers; high-power components; hybrid mode waveguides; microwave materials processing; microwave systems; mode analysis; mode selective filters; next generation high-field-gradient electron-positron linear colliders; ohmic attenuation; parasitic modes; passive high-power microwave components; plasma diagnostics; plasma materials processing; pulse compressors; quasi-optical beam waveguides; radar imaging; radar ranging; rectangular waveguide; smooth-wall waveguides; spectroscopy; unwanted conversion; vacuum windows; waveguide transmission; Electromagnetic heating; High power microwave generation; Microwave generation; Plasma applications; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma materials processing; Plasma waves; Radio frequency; Rectangular waveguides; Waveguide components;
