Powerful ultrawideband rf emitters: status and challenges

Forrest Jack Agee; David W. Scholfield; William D. Prather; Jeffrey W. Burger

doi:10.1117/12.218594

8 September 1995 Powerful ultrawideband rf emitters: status and challenges

Forrest Jack Agee, David W. Scholfield, William D. Prather, Jeffrey W. Burger

Proceedings Volume 2557, Intense Microwave Pulses III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218594
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Ultra-wideband emitters are of interest for a variety of potential applications that range from radar transmitters to communications applications. This technology is of current interest to the USAF Phillips Laboratory where theoretical and experimental efforts have been underway for a number of years. Research into the production of ultra-wideband sources at the Phillips Laboratory has been accomplished along several different technology lines. The approaches include three main thrusts: 1) very powerful hydrogen spark gap pulsers, 2) compact hydrogen gas switches in conjunction with high gain ultra-wideband antennas and, 3) solid state switched array antennas. This paper reviews the progress-to-date along these lines and identifies some pacing research obastacles that limit further improvements.

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Forrest Jack Agee, David W. Scholfield, William D. Prather, and Jeffrey W. Burger "Powerful ultrawideband rf emitters: status and challenges", Proc. SPIE 2557, Intense Microwave Pulses III, (8 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218594

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