100-150 MW DESIGNS OF 2-CAVITY AND 3-CAVITY GYROKLYSTRON AMPLIFIERS OPERATING AT THE FUNDAMENTAL AND 2ND HARMONICS IN X-BANDS AND KU-BANDS

Authors
SARAPH GP LAWSON W CASTLE M CHENG J CALAME JP NUSINOVICH GS
Citation
Gp. Saraph et al., 100-150 MW DESIGNS OF 2-CAVITY AND 3-CAVITY GYROKLYSTRON AMPLIFIERS OPERATING AT THE FUNDAMENTAL AND 2ND HARMONICS IN X-BANDS AND KU-BANDS, IEEE transactions on plasma science, 24(3), 1996, pp. 671-677
Citations number
36
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
IEEE transactions on plasma science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00933813
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
671 - 677
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-3813(1996)24:3<671:1MDO2A>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Efficient 100-150 MW X- and Ku-band microwave sources with pulselength s of 1 mu s are being developed for driving future linear colliders. T wo- and three-cavity co-axial designs of relativistic gyroklystron amp lifiers are presented here which fulfill these requirements, Numerical simulations predict over 40% efficiency, 45-50 dB gain, and 100-160 M W power level for the gyroklystron designs operating at fundamental (8 .568 GHz) and second harmonic (17.136 GHz), It is shown that introduci ng a penultimate (buncher) cavity significantly improves efficiency an d gain of the second-harmonic amplifier.