High Power Microwave Sources

The high power microwave plasma source is capable of igniting in multiple process gases over a wide operating range with performance benefits in current and emerging.

High power microwave sources.

High power microwave sources and technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field faculty graduate and post graduate students. Rinehart prepared by sandia national laboratories albuquerque new mexico 87185 and livermore california 94550 sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by sandia corporation a lockheed martin company for the united states department of. All royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publications activities of graduate students in the hpm field. As mentioned it consists of following modules.

The high power microwave plasma source can be combined with a 6kw microwave generator for a high concentration of radicals providing a high productivity manufacturing solution. Even after 50 years of development narrowband high power microwave hpm source technologies remain the focus of much research due to intense interest in innovative applications of hpms in fields such as directed energy space propulsion and high power radar. All royalties realized from. Pulse power source hpm source antenna pulse power source consists of power supply and pulse generator.

Bacon and larry f. Schamiloglu department of electrical computer engineering university of new mexico albuquerque nm 87131 usa abstract there has been considerable interest recently in high power microwave hpm sources for nonlethal directed energy weaponry applications. Finally the history and recent. High power microwave sources and applications e.

High power microwave weapon system block diagram. A brief technology survey of high power microwave sources larry d. This is followed by a brief discussion of some of the technical fundamentals of high power microwave sources including power supplies and electron guns. These devices operate on different principles from low frequency vacuum tubes using the ballistic motion of electrons in a vacuum under the influence of controlling electric or magnetic fields and include the magnetron used in microwave ovens klystron.

High power microwave sources use specialized vacuum tubes to generate microwaves. High power microwave sources and technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field faculty graduate and post graduate students. All royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publications activities of graduate students in the hpm field.