Abstract:
An electron cyclotron maser instability has been investigated [1] which was found to exist when a strong spatially nonlinear static electric field is applied to a system ...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
An electron cyclotron maser instability has been investigated [1] which was found to exist when a strong spatially nonlinear static electric field is applied to a system of electrons in cyclotron motion. This is a fast wave amplification mechanism. An energy dependent resonance frequency equation was derived from the nonlinear equation of motion and a method was formulated to readily allow calculation for a particular field configuration. Phase bunching was predicted and the growth rate for amplification of microwaves. The calculations show that amplification can occur for very low energy electrons of only a few electron-volts, provided that the non-linearity of the static field is strong. A preliminary experiment demonstrated the existence of the instability.
Published in: 1979 International Electron Devices Meeting
Date of Conference: 03-05 December 1979
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 09 August 2005