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Volume 5, Issue 5

May 1998

The 39th annual meeting of division of plasma physics of APS

17-21 Nov 1997

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA)

Research Article| May 01 1998

George Caryotakis

George Caryotakis

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, P.O. Box 4349, Stanford, California 94309

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Phys. Plasmas 5, 1590–1598 (1998)

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Received:

November 24 1997

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January 05 1998

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George Caryotakis; The klystron: A microwave source of surprising range and endurance. Phys. Plasmas 1 May 1998; 5 (5): 1590–1598. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872826

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the birth of the klystron at Stanford University. The tube was the first practical source of microwaves and its invention initiated a search for increasingly more powerful sources, which continues to this day. This paper reviews the scientific uses of the klystron and outlines its operating principles. The history of the device is traced from its scientific beginnings to its role in WWII and the Cold War, its subsequent decline in use for military systems, and to its current resurgence as the key component in a major accelerator project. Finally, the paper describes the development of a modular klystron, which may someday power future accelerators at millimeter wavelengths.

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