Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , Volume. 21, Issue 4, 507(2023)

Review of power enhancement methods for millimeter wave and terahertz TWTs

FENG Jinjun, ZHANG Xiaoqing, CAI Jun, PAN Pan, FENG Yuan, ZHANG Changqing, and YANG Jinsheng
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    FENG Jinjun, ZHANG Xiaoqing, CAI Jun, PAN Pan, FENG Yuan, ZHANG Changqing, YANG Jinsheng. Review of power enhancement methods for millimeter wave and terahertz TWTs[J]. Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , 2023, 21(4): 507

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    Received: Nov. 26, 2022

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    Published Online: Jan. 17, 2024

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    DOI:10.11805/tkyda2022233

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