학술논문

Quasi-Optical Input Mode Coupler for a Ka-Band Multimegawatt Gyroklystron
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Techn. Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on. 66(3):1273-1278 Mar, 2018
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Cavity resonators
Klystrons
Couplers
Azimuth
Indexes
Q-factor
Modulation
Gyroklystron
high-power microwaves
quasi-optical mode coupler
Language
ISSN
0018-9480
1557-9670
Abstract
We report a design of a new quasi-optical input coupler developed for the 35-GHz two-cavity gyroklystron. The coupler is a section of longitudinally corrugated waveguide placed between two cutoff irises. It operates with an eigenmode being a superposition of the rotating on azimuth TE 7,4 and TE 13,2 modes in the input cavity. The corrugated cavity is designed with holes in the walls to ensure necessary mode selection, because in a broad frequency band the operating eigenmode only does not have fields at the holes. In experiments, the gyroklystron equipped with this coupler has shown a peak output power of 4.2 MW with a nearly 1- $\mu \text{s}$ pulse duration, a power gain of 24 dB, and an efficiency of about 15%.