Generation of a Periodic Sequence of High-Power Ultrashort Pulses in a Chain of Coupled Backward-Wave and Traveling-Wave Tubes Operating in the Regimes of Amplification and Nonlinear Kompfner Suppression

N. S. Ginzburg; E. B. Abubakirov; M. N. Vilkov; I. V. Zotova; A. S. Sergeev

doi:10.1134/S1063784218080078

Generation of a Periodic Sequence of High-Power Ultrashort Pulses in a Chain of Coupled Backward-Wave and Traveling-Wave Tubes Operating in the Regimes of Amplification and Nonlinear Kompfner Suppression

Authors: Ginzburg N.S.¹, Abubakirov E.B.¹, Vilkov M.N.¹, Zotova I.V.¹, Sergeev A.S.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Applied Physics
Issue: Vol 63, No 8 (2018)
Pages: 1205-1211
Section: Radiophysics
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7842/article/view/201862
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784218080078
ID: 201862

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We have studied the dynamics of an electronic microwave generator with backward-wave and traveling-wave tubes connected in the feedback circuit and operating in the regimes of amplification and nonlinear Kompfner absorption, respectively. It is shown that radiation generated in such a system can have the form of a periodic sequence of ultrashort pulses. The studied mechanism of pulse generation is analogous to the method of passive mode locking, which is widely used in laser physics.