High Power Microwave Sources

The high power microwave plasma source can be combined with a 6kw microwave generator for a high concentration of radicals providing a high productivity manufacturing solution.

High power microwave sources.

All royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publications activities of graduate students in the hpm field. This is followed by a brief discussion of some of the technical fundamentals of high power microwave sources including power supplies and electron guns. As mentioned it consists of following modules. These devices operate on different principles from low frequency vacuum tubes using the ballistic motion of electrons in a vacuum under the influence of controlling electric or magnetic fields and include the magnetron used in microwave ovens klystron.

Pulse power source hpm source antenna pulse power source consists of power supply and pulse generator. High power microwave sources and technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field faculty graduate and post graduate students. High power microwave sources use specialized vacuum tubes to generate microwaves. The figure 1 depicts typical block diagram of high power microwave weapon system.

Bacon and larry f. Finally the history and recent. High power microwave sources and technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field faculty graduate and post graduate students. High power microwave sources and technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field faculty graduate and post graduate students.

A brief technology survey of high power microwave sources larry d. All royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publications activities of graduate students in the hpm field. Rinehart prepared by sandia national laboratories albuquerque new mexico 87185 and livermore california 94550 sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by sandia corporation a lockheed martin company for the united states department of. Even after 50 years of development narrowband high power microwave hpm source technologies remain the focus of much research due to intense interest in innovative applications of hpms in fields such as directed energy space propulsion and high power radar.

The high power microwave plasma source is capable of igniting in multiple process gases over a wide operating range with performance benefits in current and emerging. All royalties realized from. Schamiloglu department of electrical computer engineering university of new mexico albuquerque nm 87131 usa abstract there has been considerable interest recently in high power microwave hpm sources for nonlethal directed energy weaponry applications.