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A multigigawatt X-Band relativistic backward wave oscillator with a modulating resonant reflector

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Effective generation regime with a high output pulse power has been experimentally realized in a relativistic backward wave oscillator (RBWO) with a resonant reflector and a slow-wave system having a diameter 1.6 times the radiation wavelength. At a guiding magnetic field of 4.5 T, the maximum peak power amounted to 4.3 GW at a frequency of 9.4 GHz, an efficiency of 31%, and a microwave pulse duration of 22 ns.

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  1. Institute of High-Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia

    A. I. Klimov, I. K. Kurkan, S. D. Polevin, V. V. Rostov & E. M. Tot’meninov

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Original Russian Text © A.I. Klimov, I.K. Kurkan, S.D. Polevin, V.V. Rostov, E.M. Tot’meninov, 2008, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 23–29.

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Klimov, A.I., Kurkan, I.K., Polevin, S.D. et al. A multigigawatt X-Band relativistic backward wave oscillator with a modulating resonant reflector. Tech. Phys. Lett. 34, 235–237 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785008030176

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