Title :
Helically Corrugated Waveguides for Compression of Frequency Swept Pulses
Author :
MacInnes, P. ; Ronald, K. ; Cross, A.W. ; Phelps, A.D.R. ; Young, A.R. ; He, W. ; Burt, G. ; Whyte, C.G. ; Samsonov, S.V. ; Bratman, V.L. ; Denisov, G.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow
Abstract :
Waveguides with a helical corrugation on the inner surface have proven an effective dispersive medium for the compression of smoothly frequency modulated microwave pulses. This paper presents the results of experiments where ~5.7 kW, X-band (8.0 GHz - 12.5 GHz), microwave pulses of 67 ns duration and 5% frequency modulation were compressed into 2.8 ns pulses with 12 times higher peak power
Keywords :
electromagnetic pulse; helical waveguides; pulse compression; pulse frequency modulation; 2.8 ns; 67 ns; 8.0 to 12.5 GHz; X-band; frequency modulated microwave pulses; frequency modulation; frequency swept pulses; helical waveguides; helically corrugated waveguides; microwave pulse compression; Corrugated surfaces; Cutoff frequency; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency modulation; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Surface waves; Waveguide components; Pulse width modulation; RaDAR; helical waveguides; microwave amplifier; pulse compression methods;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281258
