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The hard excitation regime for a relativistic backward-wave oscillator

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We study theoretically the processes which take place in a relativistic backward-wave oscillator (BWO) in the parameter region corresponding to hard excitation of oscillations. The onset of both stationary oscillations near the boundary of the hard excitation regime and hard nonstationary oscillations realizing the self-modulation regimes of BWO operation are analyzed along with the dynamics of a BWO-based amplifier. In particular, it is shown that hard excitation of self-oscillation can restrict significantly the output characteristics of a relativistic BWO operated in the regenerative-amplification regime.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    É. B. Abubakirov, A. P. Konyushkov & A. S. Sergeev

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. 675–681, August 2008.

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Abubakirov, É.B., Konyushkov, A.P. & Sergeev, A.S. The hard excitation regime for a relativistic backward-wave oscillator. Radiophys Quantum El 51, 610–615 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-008-9062-2

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