Effect of plasma on efficiency enhancement in a high powerrelativistic backward wave oscillator |
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Authors: | Sawhney R. Maheshwari K.P. Choyal Y. |
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Affiliation: | Sch. of Phys., Devi Ahilya Univ., Indore; |
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Abstract: | A linear theory of the excitation of electromagnetic waves in a plasma-filled backward-wave oscillator driven by an intense relativistic electron beam is presented. It is found that the spatial growth rate of backward-wave instability exhibits a resonant increase for a particular value of fill-plasma density. Results are compared to the results of an experiment by K. Minami et al. (1988) on a high-power backward-wave oscillator |
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