Backward wave oscillation in the gyrotron
- 15 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 37 (12) , 1059-1061
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91876
Abstract
The electron cyclotron maser instability is shown to support backward wave oscillation in a traveling‐wave gyrotron. Numerical values for two parameters that identify oscillation thresholds are determined.Keywords
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