| Abstract: | A scheme for automated study of current-voltage characteristics of gyroresonance devices is developed. The effective emission
spread at the cathodes of powerful gyrotrons is studied by analysis of current-voltage characteristics. Experimental data
on the effective emission spread parameter for different modes are given. The permissible emission spread at the cathodes
of powerful gyrotrons is estimated, and the dependence of the electron beam parameters on the cathode emission spread is presented.
A complex measurement technique showing the contribution of different physical mechanisms to the cathode emission spread is
proposed.
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh
Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 506–516, April, 1997. |
