Millimeter wave traveling wave tubes for the 21st century

C Paoloni, D Gamzina, R Letizia, Y Zheng… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Traveling wave tubes are rapidly evolving to provide unprecedented power level in
comparison to solid state devices in the millimeter waves region of the spectrum (80–300 …

A review of microwave vacuum devices in China: Theory and device development including high-power klystrons, spaceborne TWTs, and gyro-TWTs

J Luo, J Feng, Y Gong - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lately, R&D of microwave vacuum electron devices (MVEDs) has played a very important
role in the technologies of broadcasting, communication, radar, remote imaging, electronic …

Sub-THz and THz Cherenkov radiation source with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice and multistage depressed collector

AJ MacLachlan, L Zhang, IV Konoplev, ADR Phelps… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We present the theory, concept and design of an efficient, megawatt coherent Cherenkov
radiation source based on a two-dimensional periodic surface lattice (2D-PSL) cavity …

Efficient, 0.35-THz overmoded oscillator based on a two-dimensional periodic surface lattice

AJ MacLachlan, CW Robertson… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the theory, design, and numerical modeling of a cylindrical, two-dimensional
periodic surface lattice (2D-PSL) intended for use as the interaction region of an electron …

Study on wideband THz backward wave oscillator driven by pseudospark-sourced sheet electron beam

J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Alfadhl, X Chen… - … on Electron Devices, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A backward wave oscillator (BWO) based on a double-staggered grating (DSG) slow wave
structure (SWS) is investigated as a high-power wideband terahertz (THz) source, driven by …

High-Precision complex permittivity measurement of high loss dielectric materials using a geometrical gap in millimeter wave frequency

HE Choi, EM Choi - Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2024 - Springer
We proposed a newly devised method for measuring the complex permittivity of high-loss
materials at the millimeter wave frequency range. In this paper, we employed a geometrical …

A sub-THz high-order mode backward wave oscillator driven by pseudospark sourced multiple sheet electron beams

G Shu, J Liao, J He, J Ren, J Lin, G Lin… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel concept of combining the advantages of pseudospark (PS)-sourced electron beam
(high beam current density), multiple-sheet-electron-beams (large total beam cross …

The effects of electron cyclotron absorption in powerful narrow-band sub-THz oscillators exploiting volume and surface modes

AJ MacLachlan, CW Robertson… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the theory, design, and numerical modeling of novel, pulsed sub-THz oscillators
based on cylindrical, 2-D periodic surface lattice (PSL) interaction cavities. Investigation of …

Compact radiation module for THz spectroscopy using 300 GHz continuous-wave clinotron

A Likhachev, A Danik, Y Kovshov, S Kishko… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The results of the development of compact radiation module based on a 300 GHz
continuous-wave (CW) clinotron are presented. The clinotron oscillator is proposed as a part …

[HTML][HTML] Microfabrication Technologies for Interaction Circuits of THz Vacuum Electronic Devices

X Li, J Feng - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Advances in manufacturing technology are allowing for the realization of interaction circuit
with microstructures. The capability to produce small circuit structures is allowing new …