Offers detailed discussions of operating principles of helix and coupled-cavity traveling wave tubes, descriptions of RF interactions of electrons with electric fields, and the basic theories of electron bunching and traveling wave interactions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Static fields produced by electrons; electron motion in static electric fields; influence of magnetic field on electron motion; cathodes; electron guns; electron beams; beam-gap interactions; electron bunching; theory of travelling-wave interaction; wave velocities and dispersion; helix TWTs; coupled cavity TWTs; depressed collectors; noise; nonlinearities and distortion; breakdown and protection; reliability.