Stable high-power TE01 gyro-TWT amplifiers |
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Authors: | Leou K.C. McDermott D.B. Balkcum A.J. Luhmann N.C. Jr. |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA ; |
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Abstract: | The stability of high power gyro-TWT amplifiers operating in the low-loss TE01 mode of cylindrical waveguide has been studied, Linear theory has been used to determine the threshold start-oscillation beam current for absolute instability in the operating mode and the critical section lengths for the dominant gyro-BWO interactions occurring at various cyclotron harmonics in other waveguide modes. The performance of the amplifier was evaluated with a nonlinear, self-consistent slow-timescale simulation code. Utilizing interaction sections whose lengths are less than the threshold start-oscillation length and are separated by attenuating severs for isolation, two stable three-section devices have been designed which are predicted to yield: (1) a peak output power of 230 kW at 35 GHz with an efficiency of 23%, a saturated gain of 46 dB and a constant-drive bandwidth of 6% for a 100 kV, 10 A electron beam with an α=ν⊥ /νz =1.0 and an axial velocity spread Δνz/νz=5% and (2) 105 kW at 94 GHz with 21% efficiency, 45 dB saturated gain and 5% constant-drive bandwidth for a similar 5 A electron beam. In addition, the design of the 0 dB input/output couplers and the MIG electron gun are given. Due to the low loss of the TE01 mode, both of these amplifiers can be operated continuously |
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