Progress in narrowband high-power microwave sources

J Zhang, D Zhang, Y Fan, J He, X Ge, X Zhang… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Even after 50 years of development, narrowband high-power microwave (HPM) source
technologies remain the focus of much research due to intense interest in innovative …

Review of the relativistic magnetron

D Andreev, A Kuskov, E Schamiloglu - Matter and Radiation at …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The cavity magnetron is the most compact, efficient source of high-power microwave (HPM)
radiation. The imprint that the magnetron has had on the world is comparable to the …

Application of a magnetic mirror to increase total efficiency in relativistic magnetrons

MI Fuks, E Schamiloglu - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The relativistic magnetron is the most compact and efficient high-power microwave source.
In order to further increase the total efficiency of microwave generation in a relativistic …

Efficient magnetron with a virtual cathode

MI Fuks, S Prasad… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We use particle-in-cell (PIC) computer simulations to demonstrate high-efficiency operation
of a magnetron with diffraction output (MDO) that uses a virtual cathode in the interaction …

S-Band GW-Level Relativistic Magnetron Operating at Relatively Low Applied Voltage

X Fang, F Qin, Y Zhang, BQ Ju, LR Lei… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To realize miniaturization of high-power microwave (HPM) systems, a high-efficiency GW-
level relativistic magnetron (RM) operating at a relatively low applied voltage is presented …

A cross-band tunable relativistic magnetron with all cavity axial extraction

F Qin, S Xu, Y Zhang, LR Lei, BQ Ju… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A cross-band tunable relativistic magnetron (RM) with all-cavity axial extraction (ACAE) is
presented. In this configuration, a single tuner with six sectorial metal plates is placed …

Experimental demonstration of a high-efficiency relativistic magnetron with diffraction output with spherical cathode endcap

C Leach, S Prasad, MI Fuks… - … on Plasma Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A previous computational study of a relativistic magnetron with diffractive output at the
University of New Mexico using the particle-in-cell code MAGIC achieved an efficiency of …

A compact relativistic magnetron with lower output mode

F Qin, S Xu, LR Lei, BQ Ju… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact relativistic magnetron (RM) with novel axial output configuration is proposed,
which extracts lower order cylindrical mode (TM01 or TE11 mode) or coaxial mode (TEM or …

Toward 80% efficiency in a super klystron-like relativistic backward wave oscillator with second and third harmonic coaxial-premodulation cavity

R Xiao, K Chen, Y Shi, C Chen - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To further increase the beam-wave conversion efficiency, a super klystron-like relativistic
backward wave oscillator (RBWO) with coaxial-premodulation (CPM) cavity is proposed …

Phase-locked all-cavity-extraction relativistic magnetrons with azimuth-uniform coupling structure for coherent combining applications

R Cheng, R Xiao, T Li, J Wang, C He… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An investigation on the phase locking of S-band relativistic magnetrons with an all-cavity-
extraction (ACE-RM) structure is carried out. In order not to disrupt the periodic distribution of …