High Power Wideband Gyrotron Backward Wave Oscillator<? format?> Operating towards the Terahertz Region

W He, CR Donaldson, L Zhang, K Ronald… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Experimental results are presented of the first successful gyrotron backward wave
oscillator<? format?>(gyro-BWO) with continuous frequency tuning near the low-terahertz …

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 …

A cusp electron gun for millimeter wave gyrodevices

CR Donaldson, W He, AW Cross, F Li… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The experimental results of a thermionic cusp electron gun, to drive millimeter and
submillimeter wave harmonic gyrodevices, are reported in this paper. Using a “smooth” …

Multi-mode coupling wave theory for helically corrugated waveguide

L Zhang, W He, K Ronald, ADR Phelps… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Helically corrugated waveguide has been used in various applications such as gyro-
backward wave oscillators, gyro-traveling wave amplifier and microwave pulse compressor …

Design and measurement of a broadband sidewall coupler for a W-band gyro-TWA

L Zhang, W He, CR Donaldson… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The input coupler is an important component for a microwave amplifier. In this paper, a
sidewall single-hole input coupler for a W-band gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier that …

A high directivity broadband corrugated horn for W-band gyro-devices

P McElhinney, CR Donaldson… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A quasi-optical mode converter in the form of a corrugated horn has been designed through
numerical simulations, manufactured and experimentally measured for application in W …

Design and numerical optimization of a cusp-gun-based electron beam for millimeter-wave gyro-devices

CR Donaldson, W He, AW Cross… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel thermionic cusp electron gun operating in the temperature-limited regime that
produces a large-orbit electron beam through a nonadiabatic magnetic-field reversal was …

Experimental study of microwave pulse compression using a five-fold helically corrugated waveguide

L Zhang, SV Mishakin, W He… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the experimental study of microwave pulse compression using a five-
fold helically corrugated waveguide. In the experiment, the maximum power compression …

A mode-selective circuit for TE01 gyrotron backward-wave oscillator with wide-tuning range

NC Chen, CF Yu, CP Yuan, TH Chang - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
This study proposes a mode-selective circuit to suppress the competing modes in a TE 01
gyrotron backward-wave oscillator (gyro-BWO). The circuit, also functioning as an interaction …

Amplification of Frequency-Swept Signals in a -Band Gyrotron Travelling Wave Amplifier

L Zhang, CR Donaldson, P Cain… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The frequency agility of a W-band gyrotron travelling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) was
demonstrated by the amplification of a frequency-swept input signal (chirp signal). The gyro …