Development of a wideband Ka-band dielectric-loaded Traveling-Wave Tube
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Carlsten, Bruce; Fleming, Ryan; Krawczyk, Frank; Marksteiner, Quinn; Nichols, Kimberley; Romero, William; Simakov, Evgenya; Stringfield, Samuel; Stiftel, Justine; Zuboraj, Muhammed
- Source
- 2018 IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC) Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2018 IEEE International. :57-58 Apr, 2018
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Dielectrics
Electron beams
Solenoids
Fabrication
Couplers
Ceramics
Electron tubes
dielectric traveling-wave tube
high bandwidth
Ka-band
- Language
We have designed a Ka-band dielectric traveling-wave tube with high bandwidth. We are currently validating the 20-kV, 5-A electron beam gun and transport system and the structure is in fabrication. We report on the design of this structure and different experimental development elements.