Millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave vacuum electronics amplifier development at the US Naval Research Laboratory

David K. Abe; Jeffrey P. Calame; Colin D. Joye; Alan M. Cook; John A. Pasour; Simon Cooke; Alexander N. Vlasov; Igor A. Chernyavskiy; Baruch Levush; Khanh T. Nguyen; Dean E. Pershing; David Chernin

doi:10.1117/12.2012060

27 March 2013 Millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave vacuum electronics amplifier development at the US Naval Research Laboratory

David K. Abe, Jeffrey P. Calame, Colin D. Joye, Alan M. Cook, John A. Pasour, Simon Cooke, Alexander N. Vlasov, Igor A. Chernyavskiy, Baruch Levush, Khanh T. Nguyen, Dean E. Pershing, David Chernin

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Proceedings Volume 8624, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications VI; 86240H (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2012060
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

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We present an overview of the theoretical and experimental research activities at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in the area of millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave vacuum electronics. Amplifier and related circuit development ranging in frequency from 30 GHz to 1.35 THz at power levels from multi-kilowatts to watts will be described along with electron gun topologies that include single-, multiple-, and sheet electron beams. We also describe new ultra-violet photolithographic techniques that enable the fabrication of thick (up to 1000 μm), high vertical aspect ratio, solid copper structures with integrated beam tunnels with length-to-diameter aspects ratios of <500.

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David K. Abe, Jeffrey P. Calame, Colin D. Joye, Alan M. Cook, John A. Pasour, Simon Cooke, Alexander N. Vlasov, Igor A. Chernyavskiy, Baruch Levush, Khanh T. Nguyen, Dean E. Pershing, and David Chernin "Millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave vacuum electronics amplifier development at the US Naval Research Laboratory", Proc. SPIE 8624, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications VI, 86240H (27 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2012060

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