Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2261-2267
Abstract
Coaxial relativistic backward wave oscillator (CRBWO) is a new type of high power
microwave (HPM) generator remarked by the conversion efficiency higher than 35%. It is found
that in CRBWO the promotion of the beam quality, the synchronous harmonic distribution, and
the collection of the spent electron on the inner conductor of the coaxial slow wave structure
(SWS) accounts for the high efficiency which is confirmed by experiments. According to the
special structure and distinguishing physical mechanism, a series of important improvements of
the coaxial reflector and the structure with coaxial dual annular cathodes has been developed
to enhance both the output power and the conversion efficiency up to 3.63 GW and 45%. And
making full use of the both rippled conductors of CRBWO by installing an additional set of SWS
into the inner conductor results in the generation of the beating wave with the average output
power 5.88 GW and conversion efficiency 41.5%.
Citation
Changhua Chen,
Zhaoyu Du,
Zhimin Song,
Jun Sun,
and
Yan Teng,
"Advance of Research on Coaxial Relativistic Backward Wave Oscillator," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)2261-2267