Ka-Band Inverted Gyrotron With 80% Efficiency of Microwave-to-DC Power Conversion
The paper presents the results of the first experiments on the investigation of an inverted gyrotron or a gyrotron rectifier, a device which, unlike a conventional gyrotron, converts incident microwave power into direct current (DC) power. In the experiment, by means of cyclotron-resonance interaction with a thin solid initially rectilinear 8.4 keV/0.54 A electron beam, microwave radiation at a frequency of about 34 GHz with a power of 13 kW is converted by it into a power of 15 kW of a 70-μs pulse current that flows through a 51.4 kΩ resistor connecting the device collector to ground. The achieved efficiency of microwave-to-DC power conversion, taking into account the power to drive the electron beam, is 80%.
Authors
- Г. Г. Денисов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5894-1060)
- I. V. Zheleznov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4145-7643)
- A. A. Bogdashov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5772-960X)
- С. В. Самсонов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8517-4741)
- I. G. Gachev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2888-3931)
- I. V. Zotova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0350-2615)
- M. Yu. Glyavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7896-9212)
- В. В. Маслов
Institutions
- A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (RU)
- Institute of Applied Physics (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Published
- 2025-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/led.2025.3610912
- Primary Topic
- Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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