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Double corrugated waveguide for G-band traveling wave tubes

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>10/11/2014
<mark>Journal</mark>IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Issue number12
Volume61
Number of pages5
Pages (from-to)4259-4263
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date10/11/14
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

A novel wide-band traveling wave tube (TWT) based on the double-corrugated waveguide (DCW) is proposed for operating in IEEE G-band (110–300 GHz). The DCW has been conceived for relaxing critical technological issues in terahertz vacuum tube realization, such as assembly, and to support a cylindrical electron beam. The study of the properties of the DCW in the forward wave regime demonstrates wide band performance suitable for TWTs fabrication at millimeter wave–terahertz frequencies. A traveling wave tube with 18-dB gain and up to 3.7 W output power over a bandwidth of about 30 GHz at 225 GHz as central frequency is demonstrated, assuming 13-kV beam voltage and 30-mA beam current.