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US 2021/0099142 A1Published application
Self-assembled helical slow-wave structures for high-frequency signals
AssigneesWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The Regents of the University of New Mexico
InventorsMax G. Lagally, Matthew McLean Dwyer, Francesca Cavallo, Daniel Warren van der Weide, Abhishek Bhat
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Abstract
Traveling-wave tube amplifiers for high-frequency signals, including terahertz signals, and methods for making a slow-wave structure for the traveling-wave tube amplifiers are provided. The slow-wave structures include helical conductors that are self-assembled via the release and relaxation of strained films from a sacrificial growth substrate.
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A traveling wave tube amplifier comprising:
- a slow-wave structure comprising:
- a cylindrical scaffold comprising a dielectric film, the cylindrical scaffold having an interior surface;
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- an electrically conductive helix on the interior surface of the cylindrical scaffold, the electrically conductive helix comprising a plurality of electrically conductive strips connected end-to-end;
- an electron gun positioned to direct one or more beams of electrons axially through the electrically conductive helix or around the periphery of the electrically conductive helix;
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- an electron collector positioned opposite the electron beam source.
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