Description
This book is a compilation of papers from a summer school on physics. It discusses the physics of microwaves and radiofrequency waves in the megawatt power range, and how these waves are used in various devices. The book also has chapters on transmission of power through waveguides and the problems associated with mode conversion in transmission lines. The main application area covered is heating and current drive in tokamaks and other devices for research into controlled nuclear fusion.
Written at the graduate level,
Generation and Application of High Power Microwaves discusses the basic physics of the generation of microwave and radiofrequency waves in the megawatt power range and the application of these ideas to a range of devices such as klystrons, gyrotrons, and free electron lasers. The book also contains chapters covering the transmission of the power through waveguides and the problems associated with mode conversion in transmission lines. The main application area covered is the heating and current drive in tokamaks and other devices for research into controlled nuclear fusion. Other applications of high power microwave technology are not neglected, and among those discussed are multiple charged ion and soft x-ray sources, electron spin resonance spectroscopy, advanced materials processing, millimeter wave radar, and supercolliders.
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