Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of A Neutralizing Background Plasma On The Operation Of A High Current Gyrotron

D. A. Kirkpatrick; S. H. Gold; A. K Kinkead; W. M. Manheimer; C. A. Sullivan; T. M. Antonsen; B. Levush

doi:10.1117/12.978491

18 November 1989 Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of A Neutralizing Background Plasma On The Operation Of A High Current Gyrotron

D. A. Kirkpatrick, S. H. Gold, A. K Kinkead, W. M. Manheimer, C. A. Sullivan, T. M. Antonsen, B. Levush

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Proceedings Volume 1039, 13th Intl Conf on Infrared and Millimeter Waves; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978491
Event: 13th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 1987, Honolulu, HI, United States

Abstract

We present plans for an experiment to investigate the effects of a neutralizing background plasma on the operation of a high current gyrotron. A neutral plasma filling the electron beam transport and gyrotron cavity regions allows for the propagation of super-vacuum currents and for tuning of the interaction frequency through the neutralizing plasma density. The background plasma is completely ionized before the passage of the high current electron beam, and the plasma, density(in the absence of the electron beam) is a known, measured quantity.

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D. A. Kirkpatrick, S. H. Gold, A. K Kinkead, W. M. Manheimer, C. A. Sullivan, T. M. Antonsen, and B. Levush "Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of A Neutralizing Background Plasma On The Operation Of A High Current Gyrotron", Proc. SPIE 1039, 13th Intl Conf on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, (18 November 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.978491

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