Design of a spline horn for a W-band gyro-TWA

Liang Zhang; Wenlong He; Craig R. Donaldson; Adrian W. Cross; Duncan Robertson; Robert Hunter; Graham Smith

doi:10.1109/UCMMT.2016.7873995

Design of a spline horn for a W-band gyro-TWA

Liang Zhang, Wenlong He, Craig R. Donaldson, Adrian W. Cross, Duncan Robertson, Robert Hunter, Graham Smith

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A spline horn for use in a W-band gyro-TWA was design and manufactured. The horn was designed to have a high Gaussian content over the whole operating frequency band of 90-100 GHz. It also had a low reflection of the TE11 mode and high directivity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE 9th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, N.J.
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/UCMMT.2016.7873995
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2017
Event	9th IEEE UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre Waves and Terahertz Technologies, UCMMT 2016 - Qingdao, China Duration: 5 Sept 2016 → 7 Sept 2016 http://ucmmt2016.com/

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Conference	9th IEEE UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre Waves and Terahertz Technologies, UCMMT 2016
Country/Territory	China
City	Qingdao
Period	5/09/16 → 7/09/16
Internet address	http://ucmmt2016.com/

Keywords

horn
Gaussian content
gyro-TWA
reflection
gyrotrons
microwave oscillators

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CW operation of 94GHz Gyro-TWA for telecommunications applications (IPS Proposal%)
Cross, A. (Principal Investigator), He, W. (Co-investigator), Whyte, C. (Co-investigator) & Zhang, L. (Research Co-investigator)
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/02/17 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
Development of a W-band gyro-amplifier for high power, wideband pulsed coherent applications
He, W. (Principal Investigator)
STFC Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/12/15 → 31/05/16
Project: Research

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Design of a spline horn for a W-band gyro-TWA

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CW operation of 94GHz Gyro-TWA for telecommunications applications (IPS Proposal%)

Development of a W-band gyro-amplifier for high power, wideband pulsed coherent applications

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