An electroacoustic method for measuring the intensity of high-power microwave pulses

Author

Zaitsev, Boris D. ; Ermolenko, Alexy V. ; Fedorenko, Vladimir A. ; Kalinin, Vyacheslav Y. ; Kuznetsova, Iren E.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Saratov, Russia

Volume

43

Issue

1

fYear

1996

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

35

Abstract

A microwave electric field intensity meter for single high-power radiowave pulses is described. A surface acoustic wave (SAW) dielectric acoustic line is used which has nonlinear electroacoustic properties and is comprised of two transducers. The first (nonlinear) transducer is affected by a microwave electric field and provides the SAW excitation due to nonlinear effects. A delayed SAW signal, carrying information about the electric field strength, is received by a linear interdigital transducer.

Keywords

intensity measurement; interdigital transducers; microwave measurement; nonlinear acoustics; relativistic electron beam tubes; surface acoustic wave delay lines; surface acoustic wave transducers; voltmeters; SAW dielectric acoustic line; delayed SAW signal; electroacoustic method; high-power microwave pulses; linear interdigital transducer; microwave electric field intensity meter; nonlinear electroacoustic properties; nonlinear transducer; optimum sensor parameters; relativistic microwave generator parameters; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic transducers; Delay; Magnetic field measurement; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Pulse measurements; Pulsed electroacoustic methods; Surface acoustic waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-3010

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/58.484460

Filename

484460