Title : 
A New Electron Tube: The Stropliotron
         
        
            Author : 
Alfvén, Hannes ; Romell, Dag
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A new multitransit-electron tube is described, having high efficiency and an exceptionally wide electronic tuning range. An important feature of the tube is a trochoidal electron drift motion at right angles to the radio-frequency field, serving to remove electrons from the field at a favorable instant.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Cathodes; Electrodes; Electron beams; Electron tubes; Helium; Magnetic fields; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Tuning; UHF communication;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Proceedings of the IRE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JRPROC.1954.274791