Operational characteristics of the NRL gyroklystron amplifier
- 1. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC
Description
The high-energy physics community is considering the development of 1 TeV accelerators. Size and cost of such devices can be greatly reduced by operating at 10 GHz. Present tube technology seems incapable of meeting the power requirements at this frequency. A strong candidate for a drive tube to meet these requirements is a gyroklystron amplifier (GKA) due to its high gain, efficiency and power capabilities. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is presently conducting GKA research to evaluate their performance characteristics. Operation of a 54 kW, 30% efficient, 4.5 GHz 3-cavity GKA is described. Experiments to evaluate the effects on the output phase of varying drive voltage, beam current, magnetic field and drive power and to examine phase-locked oscillator performance are discussed. The results of present GKA experiments serve to emphasize the applicability of the GKA to the next generation of linear accelerators
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume NS-32, No. 5. 1985 Particle accelerator conference. Accelerator engineering and technology
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2879-2881.
- Report number
- DOE/ER/40238--1
Conference
- Title
- Particle accelerator conference.
- Dates
- 13-16 May 1985.
- Place
- Vancouver (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18023464
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CAVITY RESONATORS; COLLIDING BEAMS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GHZ RANGE; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE TUBES; OSCILLATION MODES; POSITRON BEAMS; POWER; SPECIFICATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCY RANGE; LEPTON BEAMS; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; PARTICLE BEAMS; RESONATORS