Development of Millmeter and Terahertz Band Traveling Wave Tubeswith Spatially-Developed Slow-Wave Structures

Abstract

Microfabricated vacuum-tube millimeter- and THz-band sources are of great interest for numerous applications such as communications, radar, sensors, imaging, etc. Recently, miniaturized sheet-beam traveling-wave tubes for operation at sub-THz and THz bands have attracted a considerable interest. In this paper, we present the results of modeling and development of slow-wave structures (SWS) for medium power (10-100 W) traveling-wave tubes (TWT) amplifiers in near-THz frequency band. Different types of SWSs are considered, such as double-vane SWS for TWT with a sheet electron beam, folded-waveguide SWS, and novel planar SWSs on dielectric substrates.