(1) Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russia Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod Oblast, 607190, Russia
Abstract:
A high-power microwave oscillator (vircator) is built around an ironless induction linac. The feature of this device is ballistic focusing of an electron beam in a diode-type system with a concentric spherical cathode and anode. The possibility of the vircator to generate high-power microwave pulses is demonstrated.