Abstract
A ferroelectric cathode is employed for the first time as the electron-beam source in a microwave amplifier tube. A PLZT 12/65/35 ferroelectric ceramic with a high dielectric constant (εr ∼ 4000) is used in a form of a hollow cathode. The tube is operated in poor vacuum conditions (2 × 10-5 Torr) at room temperature, in a mechanism of a cyclotron-resonance maser amplifier. The device operates near the waveguide cutoff frequency at 6927 MHz. A 22-dB electronic gain and a 25-W output power are measured in this experiment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1227-1230 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Apr 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cold-cathode tubes
- Electron emission
- Electron guns
- Ferroelectric materials
- Gyrotrons