High-gain wide-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier with a helically corrugated waveguide

First bandwidth measurements of a novel gyrotron amplifier are presented. T he coupling between the second harmonic cyclotron mode of a gyrating electr on beam and the radiation field occurred in the region of near infinite pha se velocity over a broad bandwidth by using a cylindrical waveguide with a helical corrugation on its internal surface. With a beam energy of 185 keV, the amplifier achieved a a maximum output power of 1.1 MW, saturated gain of 37 dB, linear gain of 37 dB, saturated bandwidth of 8.4 to 10.4 GHz (21% relative bandwidth), and an efficiency of 29%, in good agreement with theo ry.