Theory and simulations of a gyrotron backward wave oscillator using a helical interaction waveguide

A.W. Cross; A.D.R. Phelps; K. Ronald; W. He; C. Whyte; C.W. Robertson; A.R. Young

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Theory and simulations of a gyrotron backward wave oscillator using a helical interaction waveguide

A.W. Cross, A.D.R. Phelps, K. Ronald, W. He, C. Whyte, C.W. Robertson, A.R. Young

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Abstract

A gyrotron backward wave oscillator (gyro-BWO) with a helically corrugated interaction waveguide demonstrated its potential as a powerful microwave source with high efficiency and a wide frequency tuning range. This letter presents the theory describing the dispersion properties of such a waveguide and the linear beam-wave interaction. Numerical simulation results using the PIC code MAGIC were found to be in excellent agreement with the output measured from a gyro-BWO experiment.

Original language	English
Article number	091504
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	9
Early online date	1 Sept 2006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2345607
Publication status	Published - 2006

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gyrotron backward wave oscillator
helical interaction waveguide

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