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- S.V. Kuzikov, S.V. Kuzikov, M.E. Plotkin, A.A. Vikharev
Omega-P, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
- J.L. Hirshfield
Yale University, Physics Department, New Haven, CT
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Basic studies of factors that limit RF fields in warm accelerator structures require experiments at RF power levels that can only be produced from an intense drive beam, as with CLIC studies, or using pulse compression of output pulses from the RF source. This latter approach is being implemented to compress output pulses from the Yale/Omega-P 34-GHz magnicon to produce ~100-200 MW, 100 ns pulses. A new approach for passive pulse compression is described that uses a SLED-II-type circuit operating with axisymmetrical modes of the TE0n type that requires only a single channel instead of the usual double channel scheme. This allows avoidance of a 3-dB coupler and need for simultaneous fine tuning of two channels. Calculations show that with this device at 34 GHz one can anticipate a power gain of 3.3:1, and an efficiency of 66% for a 100 ns wide output pulse, taking into account losses and a realistic 50-ns long 180 degrees phase flip.
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