gyrotron

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Cutaway diagram of a gyrotron showing labeled components including the electron gun, resonant cavity, magnetic field coils, vessel, and beam collector, with arrows indicating electron and microwave beam paths.

gyrotron

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Also known as: cyclotron resonance maser

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Fast-wave electron tubes
…fast-wave electron tube is the gyrotron. Sometimes called the cyclotron resonance maser, this device can generate megawatts of pulsed RF power at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. Gyrotrons make use of an energy-transfer mechanism between an electron orbiting in a magnetic field and an electromagnetic field at the cyclotron frequency. The…
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…fast-wave electron tube is the gyrotron. Sometimes called the cyclotron resonance maser, this device can generate megawatts of pulsed RF power at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths. Gyrotrons make use of an energy-transfer mechanism between an electron orbiting in a magnetic field and an electromagnetic field at the cyclotron frequency. The…
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