• DocumentCode
    2562009
  • Title

    Recent advances in relativistic A6 magnetron research — Improvements in start-up and efficiency

  • Author

    Schamiloglu, Edl ; Fuks, Mikhail ; Prasad, Sarita ; Leach, Christopher ; Mendonca, Cassandra ; Galbreath, David

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8-13 July 2012
  • Abstract
    The A6 magnetron was introduced by Palevsky and Bekefi at MIT in 1979 [1]. It is the most studied relativistic magnetron in the literature. Since 2005 UNM has been studying novel advances to the A6 and to the A6 with diffraction output (MDO) that achieve higher power, greater efficiency (η), fast start of oscillations, and eliminate mode competition. This presentation summarizes recent advances pertaining to improved start-up and increased efficiency.
  • Keywords
    diffraction; magnetrons; microwave propagation; oscillations; permanent magnets; MDO; UNM; diffraction output; mode competition elimination; oscillations; relativistic A6 magnetron research; Cathodes; Cavity resonators; Computers; Leakage current; Magnetic fields; Magnetic liquids; Microwave oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2127-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0730-9244
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383750
  • Filename
    6383750