Upgrade of a W-band gyro-TWA for cloud radar application

W. He, C. R. Donaldson, L. Zhang, P. McElhinney, H. Yin, J. R. Garner, K. Ronald, A. W. Cross, A. D.R. Phelps

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Abstract

An existing W-band gyro-TWA is being upgraded to achieve an output power of 5 kW and a high pulse repetition rate of 2 kHz for cloud radar application. In this paper we report the latest results on the upgrade of the W-band gyro-TWA and its components. These components include input coupler, output window, corrugated output mode converter, pulsed power system and water-cooled beam dump.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication IET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology 2016
Place of PublicationLondon
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-78561-222-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2016
EventIET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering and Technology 2016 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 31 Mar 2016 → …

Conference

ConferenceIET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering and Technology 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period31/03/16 → …

Funding

The authors would like to thank the EPSRC and STFC UK for supporting this work and Dr. P. Huggard, Mr M. Beardsley and Mr. P. Hiscock of the Millimetre Wave Technology Group at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK for the construction of the HCIR.

Keywords

  • gyro-amplifier
  • gyro-device
  • gyro-TWA
  • mm-wave amplifier

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