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Microwave generation using a superluminal source

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The power produced by existing sources of microwave radiation falls off with decreasing wavelength. To solve this problem a new concept is proposed for generating microwave radiation, based on the use of a superluminal source formed when electrons are emitted into vacuum from a medium and the emission front propagates along the surface with a speed greater than that of light. Such generators are shown to have a number of completely unique properties: they radiate extremely short pulses (as short as picoseconds); their power exceeds that of existing sources by orders of magnitude; and unlike existing sources, it increases as the wavelength is reduced.

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  1. Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russian Institute of Technical Physics, 456770, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia

    Yu. N. Lazarev & P. V. Petrov

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 1689–1707 (May 1999)

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Lazarev, Y.N., Petrov, P.V. Microwave generation using a superluminal source. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 926–935 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558873

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