Browsing William W. Destler (2007 - ) by Title
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High power plasma filled backward wave oscillators
(SPIE, 1988-01)Relativistic backward wave oscillators (BWOs) have proven to be relatively efficient, high-power microwave sources in the centimeter wavelength range. Recent Soviet results have indicated that the use of a background ... -
High power RF amplifiers for accelerator applications: The Large orbit Gyrotron and the high current, space charge enhanced relativistic klystron
(1990-10-23)Los Alamos is investigating a number of high power microwave (RPM) sources for their potential to power advanced accelerators. Included in this investigation are the large orbit gyrotron amplifier• and oscillator (LOG) ... -
High power, high brightness electron beam generation in a pulse-line driven pseudospark discharge
(IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics, 1993)High brightness (m 3 x 10" A/m2rad2), high power density (- 1O1O W/cm2) electron beams have been generated by the mating of a hollow-cathode discharge device operating in the pseudospark regime to the output of a high ... -
High-average-power CW FELs for application to plasma heating designs and experiments
(IEEE, 1990)A short-period-wiggler (period - 1 cm), sheet-beam FEL has been proposed as a low-cost source of high-average-power (1 MW) millimeter-wave radiation for plasma heating and space-based radar applications. Recent calculations ... -
A High-power backward-wave oscillator driven by a relativistic electron beam
(IEEE - Transactions on plasma science, 1985-12)A high-power backward-wave oscillator (BWO) has been constructed that is driven by a relativistic electron beam (REB). A typical electron beam of 2-4 kA is accelerated across a diode potential of 650-800 kV and then guided ... -
High-power microwave generation by excitation of a plasma-filled rippled boundary resonator
(©1990 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE., 1990-06)An experimental demonstration of a strong enhancement of the interaction efficiency in a high-power relativistic backward-wave oscillator when plasma is injected is presented. Controlled plasma injection enhances the ... -
High-power microwave generation from large-orbit devices
(IEEE, 1988-04)Experimental and theoretical studies at the University of Maryland on the production of high-power microwave radiation in cusp-injected, large-orbit devices are reviewed. Three classes of devices belonging to this ... -
A High-power millimeter-wave sheet beam free-electron laser amplifier
(©1996 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE., 1996-06)The results of experiments with a short period (9.6 mm) wiggler sheet electron beam (1.0 mm x 2.0 cm) millimeter-wave free electron laser (FEL) amplifier are presented. This FEL amplifier utilized a strong wiggler field ... -
A High-voltage triggered pseudospark discharge experiment
(American Institute of Physics, 1996-11-01)The design and execution of a pulsed high-voltage (350–400 keV) triggered pseudospark discharge experiment is reported. Experimental studies were carried out to obtain an optimal design for stable and reliable pseudospark ... -
Intense charged particle beam propagation into vacuum
(SPIE, 1998-01)The propagation of intense charged particle beams into vacuum without the aid of externally applied confining magnetic fields is under investigation both theoretically and experimentally. In the configuration under study ... -
Intense microwave generation from a non-neutral rotating E layer
(American Institute of Physics, 1981-04)The radiation produced by a hollow, non-neutral, rotating, relativistic E layer propagating inside a coaxial cylindrical drift tube has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. The measured radiation spectrum ... -
Intense relativistic electron beam propagation in evacuated drift tubes
(American Institute of Physics, 1984-06)The propagation ofa magnetically confined intense relativistic electron beam (IREB) (I MeV, 27 kA, 20 ns FWHM) in vacuum drift tubes has been studied experimentally and theoretically. Experimental results for current ... -
Introduction to the third special issue on high-power microwave generation
(IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics, 1990)No abstract found. -
Ion energy relaxation in strong shocks
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Ion thermalization in strong, high-beta shocks
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Labratory study of high-beta plasma shock waves
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Linear analysis of a finite length plasma-filled backward wave oscillator
(American Institute of Physics, 1992-04)Absolute instability in a plasma-filled backward wave oscillator with sinusoidally corrugated slow wave structure driven by an intense relativistic electron beam has been analyzed numerically. The maximum spatial growth ... -
Low-voltage, megawatt free-electron lasers at a frequency near 300 GHz
(SPIE, 1988-01)Design procedures and beam transport feasibility experiments Il.re discussed for a novel, millimeter-wave free electron laser (FEL) concept employing short period magnetic undulators and a sheet electron beam. The ...