Title :
Experimental verification of a self-consistent calculation for continuous frequency-tune with a 400 GHz band second harmonic gyro-BWO
Author :
Yamaguchi, Yoshio ; Tatematsu, Y. ; Saito, Takashi ; Kuwahara, Takuya ; Ikeda, Ryohei ; Ogawa, Isamu ; Idehara, T. ; Dumbrajs, Olgierd
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Dev. of Far-Infrared Region, Univ. of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
Abstract :
A self-consistent code is introduced to develop a continuous frequency tunable gyro-BWO. A cavity is designed with TE8,5 mode for 400 GHz band second harmonic oscillation. The experimental verification has been carried out and 2 GHz tunability is observed with output powers of higher than 40 W.
Keywords :
UHF oscillators; UHF tubes; backward wave oscillators; gyrotrons; harmonic oscillators (circuits); submillimetre wave oscillators; submillimetre wave tubes; TE8,5 mode; cavity design; continuous frequency tunable gyro-BWO; frequency 2 GHz; frequency 400 GHz; second harmonic gyro-BWO; second harmonic oscillation; self-consistent code calculation; Cavity resonators; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Oscillators; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665445