The electron cyclotron maser

KR Chu - Reviews of modern physics, 2004 - APS
The electron cyclotron maser (ECM) is based on a stimulated cyclotron emission process
involving energetic electrons in gyrational motion. It constitutes a cornerstone of relativistic …

Overview of research on the gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier

KR Chu - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT) is a millimeter-wave amplifier based on the
electron cyclotron maser instability. It is a device of increasing importance because of its …

Russian gyrotrons: Achievements and trends

AG Litvak, GG Denisov… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The last decade has contributed to the rapid progress in the gyrotron development.
Megawatt-class, continuous wave gyrotrons are employed as high-power millimeter (mm) …

State-of-the-art of high-power gyro-devices and free electron masers

M Thumm - Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2020 - Springer
This paper presents a review of the experimental achievements related to the development
of high-power gyrotron oscillators for long-pulse or CW operation and pulsed gyrotrons for …

Theory and experiment of ultrahigh-gain gyrotron traveling wave amplifier

KR Chu, HY Chen, CL Hung, TH Chang… - … on Plasma Science, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physics and technology issues of importance to the high-gain gyrotron traveling wave
amplifier (gyro-TWT) are investigated in theory and experiment. The gyro-TWT is known to …

Broadband amplification of low-terahertz signals using axis-encircling electrons in a helically corrugated interaction region

W He, CR Donaldson, L Zhang, K Ronald… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
Experimental results are presented of a broadband, high power, gyrotron traveling wave
amplifier (gyro-TWA) operating in the (75–110)-GHz frequency band and based on a …

[图书][B] State-of-the-Art of High Power Gyro-Devices and Free Electron Masers. Update 2017 (KIT Scientific Reports; 7750)

M Thumm - 2018 - books.google.com
Gyrotron oscillators (gyromonotrons) are mainly used as high power millimeter wave
sources for electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), electron cyclotron current drive …

CW operation of a W-band high-gain helical-waveguide gyrotron traveling-wave tube

SV Samsonov, GG Denisov, IG Gachev… - IEEE Electron …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental details are discussed and millimeter wave measurements presented of a W-
band gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT) that uses a helically corrugated interaction …

Ka-band gyrotron traveling-wave tubes with the highest continuous-wave and average power

SV Samsonov, IG Gachev, GG Denisov… - … on Electron Devices, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The results of experimental investigation of two Ka-band gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-
TWT) amplifiers with helically corrugated waveguides are presented. The first tube produces …

A gyrotron-traveling-wave tube amplifier experiment with a ceramic loaded interaction region

M Garven, JP Calame, BG Danly… - … on Plasma Science, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design and experimental study of a 35-GHz gyrotron-traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT)
amplifier operating in the circular TE/sub 01/mode at the fundamental cyclotron harmonic …