Published June 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of the dependence of backward wave oscillator's microwave output power on corrugation number

  • 1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa (Japan)
  • 2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Naka, Ibaraki (Japan). Naka Fusion Research Establishment
  • 3. Beijing Normal University, Beijing (China)

Description

The dependence of the backward wave oscillator's (BWO's) microwave output power on the number of corrugations is observed experimentally. The slow-wave structure (SWS) of the BWO has been designed to operate at 9.8 GHz. The SWS consists of detachable corrugated modules, and the corrugation number N can be changed from 1 up to 10. The BWO is driven by the high current electron accelerator LAX-1 (850 keV, 3 kA). The dependence of power on corrugation number is not monotonic; with 3 modules, a small output signal of 20 kW level is observed; with 4 modules, a rapid increase of output power of the level of 10 MW is observed, and from 5 to 10 modules the output power appears to saturate at the power level of 100 MW. These results are analyzed with a PIC Code called magic. (author)

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Journal Title
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 493-494
ISSN
0918-7928

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Notes
4 refs., 4 figs.