• DocumentCode
    3179130
  • Title

    Development and Operation of a 650 GHz Folded Waveguide Source

  • Author

    Tucek, J. ; Kreischer, K. ; Gallagher, D. ; Vogel, R. ; Mihailovich, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    15-17 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Northrop Grumman Corp. has fabricated and demonstrated a vacuum electronic (VE) device based on a folded waveguide (FWG) circuit which operates between 600 and 675 GHz. Output powers up to 16 mW at duty cycles up to 1% and a source efficiency of 0.08% have been demonstrated. Development continues toward increasing the source efficiency by improving beam transmission and incorporating a depressed collector to recover a significant fraction of the spent beam energy.
  • Keywords
    submillimetre wave devices; vacuum microelectronics; waveguides; Northrop Grumman; beam energy; beam transmission; depressed collector; folded waveguide circuit; folded waveguide source; frequency 600 GHz to 675 GHz; power 16 mW; vacuum electronic device; Cathodes; Circuits; Electron beams; Magnetic confinement; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency; Submillimeter wave technology; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2007. IVEC '07. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Kitakyushu
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0633-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2007.4283295
  • Filename
    4283295