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 …

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 …

High-gain wide-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier with a helically corrugated waveguide

VL Bratman, AW Cross, GG Denisov, W He… - Physical Review Letters, 2000 - APS
First bandwidth measurements of a novel gyrotron amplifier are presented. The coupling
between the second harmonic cyclotron mode of a gyrating electron beam and the radiation …

[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 …

[图书][B] State-of-the-art of high power gyro-devices and free electron masers update 2001

M Thumm - 2002 - digbib.bibliothek.kit.edu
Gyrotron oscillators (gyromonotrons) are mainly used as high power millimeter wave
sources for electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH), electron cyclotron current drive …

Ka-Band 100-kW Subnanosecond Pulse Generator Mode-Locked by a Nonlinear Cyclotron Resonance Absorber

NS Ginzburg, SV Samsonov, GG Denisov, MN Vilkov… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We present the results of experiments on the generation of periodical trains of
subnanosecond K a-band pulses in the electron generator, which is based on passive mode …

Helically corrugated waveguide gyrotron traveling wave amplifier using a thermionic cathode electron gun

AW Cross, W He, ADR Phelps, K Ronald… - Applied physics …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Experimental operation of a gyrotron traveling wave amplifier with a helically corrugated
waveguide using a thermionic cathode electron gun is presented. The coupling between the …

Wide-Band Mode Terahertz Wave Windows for Gyro-Amplifiers

CR Donaldson, P McElhinney… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Broadband HE 11 mode output windows, based on the multilayer concept, are studied for
high power gyro-amplifiers operating in the low terahertz region. As the wave power in the …