Author :
Russell, S.J. ; Bishofberger, K.A. ; Brown, R.W. ; Carlsten, B.E. ; Earley, L.M. ; Haynes, W.B. ; Kirbie, H.C. ; Krawczyk, F.L. ; Romero, F.P. ; Sigler, F.E. ; Smirnova, E.L. ; Wheat, R.M., Jr. ; Wang, Z.F. ; Humphries, S., Jr. ; Ferguson, P.
Abstract :
Currently ongoing at Los Alamos National Laboratory is a program to develop high-power, planar 100-300 GHz traveling-wave tubes (TWTs). The promise of planar TWT technology is: 1) the radio-frequency (RF) structures lend themselves well to established micro-fabrication techniques: and 2) by spreading the electron beam in one dimension, we effectively eliminate the beam self force and can transport a high net beam current, resulting in very high-power devices. An enabling technology for this effort is a sheet electron beam source
Keywords :
electron beams; microwave tubes; millimetre wave tubes; nanotechnology; travelling wave tubes; 100 to 300 GHz; RF structures; microfabrication techniques; mm-wave microwave tubes; planar TWT technology; radio-frequency structures; sheet beam development; sheet electron beam source; traveling-wave tubes; Electron beams; Focusing; Laboratories; Lenses; Periodic structures; Permanent magnets; Radio frequency; Solenoids; Space technology; Undulators; TWT; mm-wave; sheet beam;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International
