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A nonlinear approach is presented to simulate the coaxial-waveguide cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifier. Simulation shows an interesting result that the efficiency of a coaxial-waveguide CARM amplifier may be increased from 7.5% to 33.9% by tapering the magnetic field.
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Qiu, CR., Zhang, SC. & Zhang, HB. Nonlinear Investigation of a Coaxial-Waveguide Cyclotron Autoresonance Maser Amplifier. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 25, 451–458 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJIM.0000019312.56522.a0
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