학술논문

20.2: Testing of the omniguide traveling-wave tube
Document Type
Conference
Source
2010 IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC) Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International. :497-498 May, 2010
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Testing
Dielectrics
Bandwidth
Electron beams
Frequency
Laboratories
Gain measurement
Photonic band gap
Remote monitoring
Broadband amplifiers
photonic band gap structure
dielectric traveling-wave tube
W-band
Language
Abstract
We have designed, fabricated and tested with low power a novel W-band TWT based on a slow-wave cylindrically-symmetric PBG dielectric structure, or an “omniguide”. PBG TWT structures have great potential for very large bandwidth and linear dispersion. A gain experiment is under way at Los Alamos with the structure being driven by a 2 A, 110 kV electron beam. In this presentation we will report the design of the omniguide TWT structure, theoretical computations of the gain and the results of S-parameters measurements. We will also describe the electron beam test stand setup and report first results from the gain measurement experiment.