Some concepts of relativistic gyroamplifiers for particle acceleration

Author

Nusinovich, G.S. ; Latham, P.E. ; Granatstein, V.L.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Plasma Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

2673

Abstract

Gyroamplifiers are very promising sources of coherent, phase-controlled, powerful electromagnetic radiation for driving future particle accelerators. At a given wavelength the interaction space in gyroamplifiers is much larger than that for klystrons. Therefore, gyroamplifiers usually operate at short wavelengths (≲3 cm) where the problem of miniaturization of the interaction space is, for conventional klystrons, extremely severe. In 1992, the operation of relativistic gyroklystrons in a 10 GHz frequency range was successfully demonstrated. The next step in gyroamplifier development is directed towards improvement of electronic efficiency, enhancement of radiated power and an increase in operating frequency. Some concepts of relativistic gyroamplifiers aimed at improving these output parameters are considered

Keywords

electron accelerators; gyrotrons; klystrons; nuclear electronics; radiofrequency amplifiers; 10 GHz; coherent phase-controlled radiation; electromagnetic radiation; electronic efficiency; interaction space; klystrons; miniaturization; operating frequency; output parameters; particle accelerators; radiated power; relativistic gyroamplifiers; relativistic gyroklystrons; short wavelengths; Cyclotrons; Electron beams; Frequency; Klystrons; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Magnetic fields; Plasma accelerators; Plasma sources; Plasma waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309424

Filename

309424