A gridless, variable perveance Pierce electron gun.

This thesis covers the design and development of a modulated Pierce electron gun used in the construction of experimental travelling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers. The gun incorporated an open aperture switching electrode, positioned mid-way between anode and cathode, to pulse the beam. This method of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foulis, Bruce David.
Other Authors: Nattrass, H. L.
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6885