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Space charge effects as a source of electron energy spread and efficiency degradation in gyrotrons
Space charge effects (so-called negative-mass instability) as the reason for electron energy spread developing in the region of the electron drift between the cathode and the cavity of a gyrotron are discussed. The quasioptical gyrotron working at third harmonic that is developed at Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, is used to demonstrate the expected efficiency degradation.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000165723900024
Authors
Publication date
2000
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Volume
28
Issue
3
Start page
633
End page
637
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Available on Infoscience
April 16, 2008
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