paper

Experimental Study of a Triode Reflex Geometry Vircator

arXiv:1609.02385 · doi:10.1109/TPS.2017.2668472

Abstract

Triode reflex geometry vircator operating within 3.0 - 4.2 GHz range with efficiency up to 6% is developed and experimentally investigated. Shiftable reflectors are shown to enable frequency tuning and output power control. Radiation frequency and power are analyzed for different cathode-anode gap values and varied reflector positions.

4 pages, 14 figures