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A COAXIAL MAGNETRON INJECTION GUN (CMIG) FOR A 2 MW, 170 GHz COAXIAL CAVITY GYROTRON

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An electron gun (80 kV / 75 A) for a 170 GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron has been designed, fabricated and tested. Special care has been devoted to the design of the technical part of the electron gun in order to avoid trapping of electrons, which may result in a limitation of the high voltage performance due to built-up of a Penning discharge which may limit the high voltage performance. The performance of the electron gun and electron beam has been found to be well in agreement with the design objective. A stable operation up to Ib = 80 A and Uc = 80 kV has been obtained without any observable beam instabilities. No limitations in high voltage performance due to built-up of a Penning discharge occurred. The influence of the type of electron flow on gyrotron performance has been studied experimentally. The maximum output power has been obtained for an intermediate type of flow.

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Piosczyk, B. A COAXIAL MAGNETRON INJECTION GUN (CMIG) FOR A 2 MW, 170 GHz COAXIAL CAVITY GYROTRON. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 27, 1041–1061 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-006-9097-4

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