Prospects for high-power quasi-optical gyrotrons operating in the millimeter-wave range

Author

Tran, T.M. ; Tran, M.Q. ; Alberti, S. ; Hogge, J.-P. ; Isaak, B. ; Muggli, P. ; Perrenoud, A.

Author_Institution

Centre de Recherches en Phys. des Plasmas, Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

36

Issue

9

fYear

1989

fDate

9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1983

Lastpage

1990

Abstract

The prospects for high-power (several megawatts) quasi-optical gyrotrons operating in the high-frequency region (⩾150 GHz) are considered. The analysis is mainly concerned with the physics of interaction between the annular electron beam and the electromagnetic field within the quasi-optical resonator, together with the constraints required by long-pulse or CW operations. It is shown that powers of several megawatts at frequencies exceeding 150 GHz are possible if one can maintain single-mode operation in the overmoded quasi-optical resonators. A thorough performance study of the magnetron injection gun for such high-power gyrotrons is carried out using the adiabatic theory as well as numerical simulations

Keywords

gyrotrons; 150 GHz; CW operations; EM field interaction; adiabatic theory; annular electron beam; high-frequency region; high-power quasi-optical gyrotrons; magnetron injection gun; millimeter-wave range; numerical simulations; single-mode operation; Electron beams; Electron optics; Frequency; Gyrotrons; Heating; Millimeter wave devices; Millimeter wave technology; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/16.34281

Filename

34281