O-type BWO Backward-wave oscillator
1 o-type bwo
1.1 o-bwo spectral purity , noise
1.1.1 frequency stability
1.1.2 noise
o-type bwo
the o-type carcinotron, or o-type backward wave oscillator, uses electron beam longitudinally focused magnetic field, , slow-wave circuit interacting beam. collector collects beam @ end of tube.
o-bwo spectral purity , noise
the bwo voltage tunable oscillator, voltage tuning rate directly related propagation characteristics of circuit. oscillation starts @ frequency wave propagating on circuit synchronous slow space charge wave of beam. inherently bwo more sensitive other oscillators external fluctuations. nevertheless, ability phase- or frequency-locked has been demonstrated, leading successful operation heterodyne local oscillator.
frequency stability
the frequency–voltage sensitivity, given relation
Δ
{\displaystyle \delta }
f/f = 1/2 [1/(1 + |vΦ/vg|)] (
Δ
{\displaystyle \delta }
v0/v0)
the oscillation frequency sensitive beam current (called frequency pushing ). current fluctuations @ low frequencies due anode voltage supply, , sensitivity anode voltage given by
Δ
{\displaystyle \delta }
f/f = 3/4 [ωq/ω/(1 + |vΦ/vg|)] (
Δ
{\displaystyle \delta }
va/va)
this sensitivity compared cathode voltage sensitivity, reduced ratio ωq/ω, ωq angular plasma frequency; ratio of order of few times 10.
noise
measurements on submillimeter-wave bwo s (de graauw et al., 1978) have shown signal-to-noise ratio of 120 db per mhz expected in wavelength range. in heterodyne detection using bwo local oscillator, figure corresponds noise temperature added oscillator of 1000–3000 k.
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