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Gyrotrons

High-Power Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. M. V. Kartikeyan

    1. Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India

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  2. E. Borie

    1. Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (IHM), Bau 421, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Karlsruhe, Germany

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  3. M. K. A. Thumm

    1. Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (IHM), Bau 421, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Karlsruhe, Germany
      Institute of High Frequency Techniques and Electronics (IHE), University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • A comprehensive and up-to-date resource for engineers and scientists working with and developing high-power microwave devices
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Texts in Physics (ADTP)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 1-5

  3. Review of Gyro-Devices

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 7-24

  4. Basic Principles and Gyrotron Cavities

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 25-44

  5. Calculation of RF Behaviour

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 45-82

  6. Practical Considerations for Gyrotron Design

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 83-102

  7. Electron Optical and Guiding System

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 103-125

  8. Output Taper and Quasi-optical Launcher

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 127-145

  9. RF Window

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 147-161

  10. Examples

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 163-182

  11. Applications

    • M. V. Kartikeyan, E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm
    Pages 183-206

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-227
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Gyrotron oscillators (gyrotrons) are capable of providing hundreds of kilo­ watts of power at microwave and millimetric wavelengths. From their con­ ception in the late fifties until their successful development for various ap­ plications, gyrotrons have come a long way technologically and made an ir­ reversible impact on both users and developers. The possible applications of high power millimeter and sub-millimeter waves from gyrotrons and their variants (gyro-devices) span a wide range of technologies. The plasma physics community has already taken advantage of the recent advances of gyrotrons in the areas of RF plasma production, heating, non-inductive current drive, plasma stabilization and active plasma diagnostics for magnetic confinement thermonuclear fusion research, such as lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) (8 G Hz), electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) (28-170 G Hz), elec­ tron cyclotron current drive (ECCD), collective Thomson scattering (CTS) and heat-wave propagation experiments. Other important applications of gy­ rotrons are electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharges for the generation of multi-charged ions and soft X-rays, as well as industrial materials process­ ing and plasma chemistry. Submillimeter wave gyrotrons are employed in high frequency, broadband electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Additional future applications await the development of novel high power gyro-amplifiers and devices for high resolution radar ranging and imaging in atmospheric and planetary science as well as deep space and specialized satellite communications and RF drivers for next generation high gradient linear accelerators (supercolliders).

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"The subjects of this new text, namely ‘gyrotrons’, are important vacuum electronic devices that are capable of providing megawatt (MW) continuous power efficiently at millimetre-wave frequencies. … The authors write extremely well and they focus clearly on the main issues. … It will certainly be a valuable text for graduate students … . For professional physicists and engineers already working with gyrotrons … this book is highly recommended. … This is a book that anyone setting out to work with gyrotrons … should read." (Professor A.D.R. Phelps, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 46 (3), 2005)

"This book is a rather comprehensive course on gyrotrons … . The reader will appreciate the many tables and clear figures, discussions of accuracy, practical and technical considerations on conflicting requirements and on imperfections, and the 325 references. This generally well written and typeset volume is a good textbook to catch up with current progress. It should find its way to the office of engineers and specialized scientists, as well as of Ph.D. students, teachers and researchers … ." (Yves Elskens, Physicalia, Vol. 28 (4-6), 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, India

    M. V. Kartikeyan

  • Institute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology (IHM), Bau 421, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Karlsruhe, Germany

    E. Borie, M. K. A. Thumm

  • Institute of High Frequency Techniques and Electronics (IHE), University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. K. A. Thumm

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