Multimegawatt relativistic harmonic gyrotron traveling-wave tube amplifier experiments

Multi-megawatt Relativistic Harmonic Gyrotron Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier Experiments

Photonic-band-gap traveling-wave gyrotron amplifier.

We report the experimental demonstration of a gyrotron traveling-wave-tube amplifier at 250 GHz that uses a photonic band gap (PBG) interaction circuit. The gyrotron amplifier achieved a peak small signal gain of 38 dB and 45 W output power at 247.7 GHz with an instantaneous -3  dB bandwidth of 0.4 GHz. The amplifier can be tuned for operation from 245-256 GHz. The widest instantaneous -3  dB b...

Second Harmonic Reduction of Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier Using Ferrite Material

Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs) consist of different elements. The most important element of TWT is the RF circuit. RF circuits in helix TWTs need a dielectric support to hold the helix; this support also has an effect in electromagnetic properties of RF circuits. A novel dielectric support is proposed to reduce the second harmonic of helix TWTs. The dielectric support in this structure consists of...

Operation of a Large-Orbit High-Harmonic Gyro-Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier

Absfracf-The high-harmonic gyro-traveling wave tube (gyro-TWT) is a high-power ( 2 1 kW) millimeter wave amplifier based on the synchronous interaction of a beam of lafge-orbit axis-encircling electrons with a high-order cylindrical waveguide mode. Since the interaction occurs at a high harmonic of the cyclotron frequency, the intense magnetic fields required for the conventional fundamental-mo...

A high-power two stage traveling-wave tube amplifier

Results are presented on the development of a two stage high-efficiency, high-power 8.76-GHz traveling-wave tube amplifier. The work presented augments previously reported data on a single stage amplifier and presents new data on the operational characteristics of two identical amplifiers operated in series and separated from each other by a sever. Peak powers of 410 MW have been obtained over ...