Title :
Design and fabrication of a sheet beam BWO at 346 GHz
Author :
Popovic, Branko ; Himes, Logan ; Gamzina, Diana ; Luhmann, Neville C. ; Paoloni, Claudio ; Letizia, Rosa ; Mineo, Mauro ; Malekabadi, Ali ; Jinjun Feng ; Ye Tang ; Mengchao Gao ; Fuzhi Zhang ; Lingna Yue ; Xiaopin Tang
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Applications such as fusion diagnostics, imaging and security systems require high frequency sources. As part of a joint international effort regarding novel THz BWOs, a double staggered grating sheet beam BWO at 346 GHz is underdevelopment and being fabricated. Design work has been done on various components, with nano machining and cold testing of the slow wave structure completed.
Keywords :
backward wave oscillators; BWO; backward wave oscillators; cold testing; frequency 346 GHz; fusion diagnostics; imaging systems; nano machining; security systems; slow wave structure; Aluminum; Couplers; Fabrication; Gratings; Integrated circuit modeling; Machining; Radio frequency; BWO; double staggered grating; nano machining; sheet beam; terahertz;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7109-1
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223816
