Advances and present trends in magnetically insulated line oscillator

Abstract

The magnetically insulated line oscillator is an attractive high-power microwave (HPM) source. It is a compact lightweight gigawatt-class coaxial crossed-field device requiring no externally applied magnetic field to insulate the electron flow between the anode–cathode gap. This paper is aimed at reviewing the work carried out in the area with emphasis on performance enhancement of the device, and its future in the wake of rapid development of HPM sources. A brief outline of the research pursued in the country also has been presented.

Keywords:

• High-power microwave (HPM) source
• magnetically insulated line oscillator (MILO)
• relativistic electron beam device
• coaxial crossed-field device

Acknowledgement

Authors are thankful to the Director, MTRDC for kind support to carry out the work and necessary permission to publish the work.