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We propose a new amplification regime based on synchronous operation of four degenerate electromagnetic (EM) modes in a slow-wave structure and the electron beam, referred to as super synchronization. These four EM modes arise in a…
Engineering of the eigenmode dispersion of slow-wave structures (SWSs) to achieve desired modal characteristics, is an effective approach to enhance the performance of high power traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers or oscillators. We…
A possible route towards achieving high power microwave (HPM) devices is through the use of novel slow-wave structures, represented by multiple coupled transmission lines (MTLs), and whose behavior when coupled to electron beams has not…
The interaction between a linear electron beam and a guided electromagnetic wave is studied in the contest of exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD) supported by such an interactive system. The study focuses on the case of a linear beam…
We construct here a Lagrangian field formulation for a system consisting of an electron beam interacting with a slow-wave structure modeled by a possibly non-uniform multiple transmission line (MTL). In the case of a single line we recover…
We investigate the interaction of electromagnetic waves and electron beams in a 4 meters long traveling wave tube (TWT). The device is specially designed to simulate beam-plasma experiments without appreciable noise. This TWT presents an…
A scheme to characterize the dynamics of the electron beam-electromagnetic power exchange along a traveling wave tube (TWT) is proposed. The method is based on defining a state vector at discrete periodic locations along the TWT and…
Traveling wave tube (TWT) is a powerful vacuum electronic device used to amplify radio-frequency (RF) signals with numerous applications, including radar, television and telephone satellite communications. TWT design in a nutshell comprises…
The traveling tube (TWT) design in a nutshell comprises of a pencil-like electron beam (e-beam) in vacuum interacting with guiding it slow-wave structure (SWS). In our prior studies the e-beam was represented by one-dimensional electron…
Abstract We introduce a practical method for modeling the small-signal behavior of frequency-dispersive and inhomogeneous helix-type traveling-wave tube (TWT) amplifiers based on a generalization of the one-dimensional Pierce model. Our…
A simple and fast model for numerically calculating small-signal gain in serpentine waveguide traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) is described. In the framework of the Pierce model, we consider one-dimensional electron flow along a dispersive…
We employ metamaterial beam-wave interaction structures for tuning the gain and bandwidth of short traveling wave tubes. The interaction structures are made from metal rings of uniform cross section, which are periodically deployed along…
Focusing on traveling wave tube (TWT) applications, the interaction impedance between an electron beam and electromagnetic modes in three distinct, but related, corrugated waveguides that operate at millimeter waves is investigated together…
The phase-locking of transverse higher-order resonator modes results in a beam with rapidly oscillating spatial intensity profile. To complete the description of such transverse mode-locked (TML) beams, their spatiotemporal phase dynamics…
Coupled-cavity traveling wave tube (CCTWT) is a high power microwave (HPM) vacuum electronic device used to amplify radio-frequency (RF) signals. CCTWTS have numerous applications, including radar, radio navigation, space communication,…
The generation and evolution of nonlinear waves in microwave amplifiers such as travelling wave tubes, free electron lasers and klystrons have been studied. The analysis is based on the hydrodynamic and field equations for the…
We demonstrate the existence of a special degeneracy condition, called degenerate band edge (DBE), between two Bloch modes in periodically loaded circular all-metallic waveguides at microwave frequencies. The DBE condition has been…
We introduce a slow-wave structure (SWS) for a millimeter-wave sheet-beam traveling-wave tube (TWT) with wide bandwidth. The wideband and stable operation is enabled through the topological properties associated with glide-symmetry that…
Abstract -- We construct an analytical model for the dispersion of the hot modes in a traveling wave tube (TWT) based on the Lagrangian field theory, upgrading its constants to be frequency-dependent. The frequency dependence of the…
We present a novel propagation medium using a pair of non-identical coupled transmission lines. The medium is referred to as `butterfly' structure and is composed of four coupled transmission lines. These four coupled transmission lines…