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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Pulsed High-Power Microwave Source Technology

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This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 28 January 2010, surveys pulsed high-power microwave (HPM) source technology. It was produced under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program. It covers insulation, cathode materials, high-voltage switching, pulse generators, microwave sources such as magnetrons, gyrotrons and the Phoenix and Jolt sources, and antennas. The document concludes that progress depends on advances in cathodes, switching and insulation. It says compact ultrawideband antennas will remain difficult to build.

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  • p. 4 …17 Pulsed Electron Beam Sources ......................................................................... 17 BWOs, TWTs, and RKAs .................................................................................... 17 Split-Cavity Oscillators ..................................................................................... 18 Virtual…
  • p. 15 …CATHODE MATERIALS This area of research is vitally important to any HPM source requiring electron beam…
  • p. 18 …hybrids," which utilize multiple emission mechanisms in beam generation. The cathodes developed by these programs are…
  • p. 22 …The array can then be phased in time to allow steering of the beam. GaAs switches…
  • p. 25 …PULSED ELECTRON BEAM SOURCES In pulsed electron beam sources, the RF source includes an electron beam…
  • p. 26 …r,u, 8FFIIItliL ~81!! SHLY ray production, and beam breakup. The combination of x-rays and…
  • p. 27 …The antenna produces a 7 x 15 meter elliptical beam spot at a distance of 100…
  • p. 28 …The system uses an innovative flat parabolic surface (FLAPS) antenna to radiate a focused beam in…
  • p. 32 …By timing the switching sequence of each BASS module, the beam was steerable up to 30…
  • p. 33 …The beam width is approximately 2;.JL, and the gain is L2/), 2 . Also of importance…
  • p. 34 …It can be fed with a TM01 mode and produce a directed beam with a nearly…
  • p. 35 …Thus, if the frequency chirps during the RF pulse, then the beam direction will sweep. The…
  • p. 36 …Parameters such as gain and beam width for UWB antennas are difficult to define because these…
  • p. 37 …Advanced cathode materials, computer codes for more predictive ability in electron beam generation and propagation, high…
28 January 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
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