A Low-Voltage Backward Wave Oscillator Operating at THz Band

Abstract

A low-voltage backward wave oscillator based on staggered double vane structure is designed in this paper and a novel straight-waveguide input/output coupler is also proposed. The high-frequency characteristics and transmission characteristics of the structure are calculated and the results of the circuit show that the reflection coefficient is below -10dB in the frequency range of 250-300GHz. The beam-wave interaction is also carried out and the output power is greater than 20mW within the frequency range of 290GHz to 300GHz, which the corresponding operating voltage is 3800V to 4500V. And a maximum output power of 2W is reached at 300GHz.