David D. Crouch

Development of a 300 kW CW L-band industrial heating magnetron

An industrial heating magnetron operating in L-band (915 MHz) and capable of producing 300 kW of continuous microwave power has been developed and is available for commercial sale. This high average power magnetron design, model CWM-300L is based on the presently-available CTL model CWM-75L, an L-band magnetron that produces 75 kW of continuous microwave power. The 300L magnetron operates at 32 kV and 10 A with a conversion efficiency exceeding 90% when freshly conditioned. To address specific problems, a paper-design version of the 300L is available although that new design has been neither fabricated nor tested.

Experimental results from a J-band relativistic klystron amplifier developmental effort

Experimental results to-date will be presented from a developmental effort to a produce a J- band (5.85 - 8.2 GHz) relativistic klystron amplifier (RKA) of the high current Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) genealogy. The nominal experimental parameters of this RKA are: V0 approximately equals 600 kV; I0 approximately equals 2 - 4 kA; Bz approximately equals 1.5 T; (tau) beam approximately equals 300 ns; vin approximately equals 6.6 GHz; Pin <EQ 500 kW. Because of the smaller component sizes which accompany this frequency ((lambda) approximately equals 4.5 cm as compared with (lambda) approximately equals 30 cm for the bulk of other RKA research efforts), much of the discussion will concentrate on the physical principles, fabrication issues, and experimental pitfalls associated with scaling the RKA design.

Recent experimental results from a long-pulse J-band relativistic klystron amplifier developmental effort

Recent experimental results, supporting simulations, and design modeling are presented from a developmental effort to produce a long pulse (approximately 1 microsecond(s) ) J-band (5.85 - 8.2 GHz) relativistic klystron amplifier (RKA) of the high current NRL genealogy. This RKA is designed to operate at approximately 6.6 GHz, with a desired rf output approximately 700 MW. Conversion of electron beam energy to microwave energy is obtained by a mock magnetically insulated coaxial converter which, in various incarnations, can be made to be either a cavity gap extractor or an inverse cathode.