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A plasma switch based on TE02 → TE01 round waveguide mode conversion for high-power X-band microwave compressors

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A new type of a plasma switch is proposed, which provides Q-switching of the energy storage cavity of a high-power microwave compressor and ensures high electric strength in all stages of compressor operation. In a compressor with this switch, the energy is accumulated on the TE02 mode and extracted on the TE01 round-waveguide mode. The principle of operation of the proposed switch is based on a sharp increase in the TE02 → TE01 mode conversion coefficient during plasma generation in an electrically controlled gas-filled discharge tube arranged in the switch. The high electric strength of the switch is ensured by placing the discharge tube surface at the node of a standing wave field formed in the switch.

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

    A. L. Vikharev, A. M. Gorbachev, O. A. Ivanov, V. A. Isaev, S. V. Kuzikov & M. A. Lobaev

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Original Russian Text © A.L. Vikharev, A.M. Gorbachev, O.A. Ivanov, V.A. Isaev, S.V. Kuzikov, M.A. Lobaev, 2007, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 18, pp. 54–60.

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Vikharev, A.L., Gorbachev, A.M., Ivanov, O.A. et al. A plasma switch based on TE02 → TE01 round waveguide mode conversion for high-power X-band microwave compressors. Tech. Phys. Lett. 33, 785–787 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785007090210

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