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Second report on the experimental progress of the one microsecond, one kilojoule per pulse L-band relativistic klystron at Los Alamos
William B. Haynes, Bruce E. Carlsten, Ricky J. Faehl, Michael V. Fazio, Thomas Kwan, Ray M. Stringfield
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Abstract
Work is continuing on a high-current relativistic klystron amplifier (RKA) with the goal of producing 1 kJ per pulse with a 1 microsecond(s) pulsewidth and a peak power of 1 GW. The three cavity tube has already produced pulses with more than 150 J and over 450 MW peak power. The original output cavity was thought to be limiting the performance, and a new cavity has been designed, built, and is now on-line and being conditioned up towards high power. Current experimental results are presented.