Browsing William W. Destler--E-prints by Title
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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
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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 ... -
Measurements and simulation of controlled beamfront motion in the laser controlled collective accelerator
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1989-03)In the Laser Controlled Collective Accelerator, an intense electron beam is injected at a current above the vacuum space charge limit into an initially evacuated drift tube. A plasma channel, produced by time-sequenced, ... -
Microwave generation from rotating electron beams in magnetron-type waveguides
(American Institute of Physics, 1983-07)The production of high power microwave radiation at high harmonics of the electron cyclotron frequency by the interaction of a rotating electron beam with a magnetron-type conducting boundary has been studied theoretically ... -
Microwave generation in a high voltage triggered pseudospark discharge experiment
(American Institute of Physics, 1998-04-01)A set of five experiments to study the microwave emission accompanying the high voltage pseudospark discharge are reported. The generation of the microwaves in all cases but one is attributed to electron beam-plasma ... -
Microwave radiation from a low-energy rotating electron beam in an azimuthally periodic magnetic wiggler field
(©1987 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., 1987-09)The generation of microwave radiation by the interaction of a low-energy rotating electron beam (25 kV, 0.5 A, 5 ps) with an azimuthally periodic magnetic wiggler field has been studied experimentally. Narrow-band ... -
Millimeter wave emission from a rotating electron ring in a rippled magnetic field
(American Institute of Physics, 1984-02-01)We report measurements of millimeter wave emission from a rotating relativistic electron ring (2 MY, 1 kA) in which electrons move in quasi-circular orbits under the combined action of a uniform axial magnetic field and ... -
Millimeter wave free electron laser amplifiers: Experiments and designs
(1991-08)Free electron laser amplifiers are investigated as sources of high average-power (1 MW) millimeter to submillimeter wave radiation (200-600 GHz) for application to electron cyclotron resonance heating of magnetically ...