Generation and Application of High Power Microwaves / Edition 1

by R.A Cairns, A.D.R. Phelps

Overview

Written at the graduate level, Generation and Application of High Power Microwaves discusses the basic physics of the generation of microwave and radiofrequency waves in the megawatt power range and the application of these ideas to a range of devices such as klystrons, gyrotrons, and free electron lasers. The book also contains chapters covering the transmission of the power through waveguides and the problems associated with mode conversion in transmission lines. The main application area covered is the heating and current drive in tokamaks and other devices for research into controlled nuclear fusion. Other applications of high power microwave technology are not neglected, and among those discussed are multiple charged ion and soft x-ray sources, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, advanced materials processing, millimeter wave radar, and supercolliders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750304740
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Series:	Scottish Graduate Series , #48
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

R.A Cairns (University of St Andrews, Scotland) (Edited by) , A.D.R. Phelps (University of Strathclyde, Glascow, Scotland, UK) (Edited by)

Table of Contents

Phelps: Introduction to microwave sources. Petelin: Spontaneous and Stimulated Radiation of Classical Electrons. Bonifacio: High gain free electron laser with waveguide. Eastwood: Computer Modelling of Microwave Sources. Blank: Gyro-Amplifiers. Garven/Parker: Vacuum Microelectronics for Microwave Power Amplifiers. Thumm: Modes and Mode Conversion in Microwave Devices. Faillon: Klystrons and related devices. Vomvoridis: Cyclotron Resonance Effects on a Rectilinear Electron Beam for the Generation of High-Power Microwaves. Cairns: Interaction of Radiation with Plasmas. Fisch: Uses of Intense Microwaves in Tokamaks. Brambilla: The Physics of Ion Cyclotron Heating in Tokamaks. Gormezano: RF systems for heating and current drive. Thumm: Applications of High-Power Microwave Devices. Participants Addresses. Index.

Editorial Reviews

...should be of lasting value ... Students and professionals in high power microwave physics should benefit markedly from a study of this volume.

Nuclear Fusion

Papers from an August 1996 meeting survey recent research in high- power microwave sources and their use in heating magnetically confined plasmas used in research into controlled nuclear fusion. Contributions range from descriptions of the basic physics of sources and their numerical simulation, to detailed accounts of the current state of development of gyrotrons, free electron lasers, and other devices. Articles on applications in plasma heating discuss basic mechanisms and detail the latest developments in theoretical modeling and design of large systems for present and proposed large tokamaks. For graduate students and professionals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

“… should be of lasting value … Students and professionals in high power microwave physics should benefit markedly from a study of this volume.”
—Nuclear Fusion

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