Master-oscillator-driven phase-locked vircator array

Henry M. Sze; David Price; Bruce D. Harteneck; N. J. Cooksey

doi:10.1117/12.18550

1 April 1990 Master-oscillator-driven phase-locked vircator array

Henry M. Sze, David Price, Bruce D. Harteneck, N. J. Cooksey

Proceedings Volume 1226, Intense Microwave and Particle Beams; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18550
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Phase locking of a vircator array driven by a relativistic magnetron in a pure master-slave configuration has been achieved. A single high voltage pulse drives the relativistic magnetron and the vircator array in series. Phase locking occurs for 40 ns. The time required to lock is z. 10 ns. The peak array power is . 1 GW. The injection ratio p and allowable frequency difference 1M relationship required for phase locking is examined. The results suggest that the Adler''s inequality p (OlAf) f is a necessary but not sufficient condition to predict phase locking. A hybrid configuration in which the driven vircators are also mutually connected together has also been attempted. Phase locking is observed with better phase stability than in the pure master-slave configuration. 1.

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Henry M. Sze, David Price, Bruce D. Harteneck, and N. J. Cooksey "Master-oscillator-driven phase-locked vircator array", Proc. SPIE 1226, Intense Microwave and Particle Beams, (1 April 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18550

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