High Power Microwaves (Hardcover, 3)

Introduction
Origins of HPM
HPM Operating Regimes
Future Directions in HPM
Further Reading

Designing High Power Microwave Systems
Systems Approach to High Power Microwaves
Looking at Systems
Linking Components into a System
Systems Issues
Scoping an Advanced System
Conclusion

High Power Microwave Applications
Introduction
HPM Weapons
High-Power Radar
Power Beaming
Space Propulsion
Plasma Heating
Particle Accelerators

Microwave Fundamentals
Introduction
Basic Concepts in Electromagnetics
Waveguides
Periodic Slow-Wave Structures
Cavities
Intense Relativistic Electron Beams
Rotating Magnetically Insulated Electron Layers
Microwave-Generating Interactions
Amplifiers and Oscillators, High- and Low-Current Operating Regimes
Phase and Frequency Control
Multispectral Sources
Summary

Enabling Technologies
Introduction
Pulsed Power
Electron Beam Generation and Propagation
Microwave Pulse Compression
Antennas and Propagation
Diagnostics
Computational Techniques
HPM Facilities
Further Reading

Beamless Systems
Introduction
UWB Systems
Nonlinear Transmission Lines
Conclusion

Relativistic Magnetrons and MILOs
Introduction
History
Design Principles
Operational Features
Research and Development Issues
Fundamental Limitations
MILOs
Crossed-Field Amplifiers
Summary

BWOs, MWCGs, and O-Type Cerenkov Devices
Introduction
History
Design Principles
Operational Features
Research and Development Issues
Fundamental Limitations
Summary

Klystrons and Reltrons
Introduction
History
Design Principles
Operational Features
Research and Development Issues
Fundamental Limitations
Summary

Vircators
Introduction
Vircator History
Vircator Design Principles
Operational Features
Double-Anode Vircators
Cavity Vircators
Feedback Vircators
Coaxial Vircators
Phase Locking Vircators
Applications and Limitations of Vircators

Gyrotrons, Electron Cyclotron Masers, and Free-Electron Lasers
Introduction
Gyrotrons and ECMs
Free-Electron Lasers
Summary

Problems and References appear at the end of each chapter.