A vircator-based microwave oscillator with a nonlaminar electron beam and an extended matched section of a helical slow-wave system was studied numerically and experimentally. It is shown that the oscillator… Click to show full abstract
A vircator-based microwave oscillator with a nonlaminar electron beam and an extended matched section of a helical slow-wave system was studied numerically and experimentally. It is shown that the oscillator efficiency in the frequency range of 1–3 GHz reaches 20%.
               
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