Upgrade of a W-band Gyro-TWA for Cloud Radar Application

He, W., Donaldson, C.R., Zhang, L., McElhinney, P. , Yin, H., Garner, J.R., Ronald, K., Cross, A.W. and Phelps, A.D.R. (2016) Upgrade of a W-band Gyro-TWA for Cloud Radar Application. In: IET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering and Technology 2016, London, UK, 31-31 March 2016, ISBN 9781785612220 (doi: 10.1049/ic.2016.0019)

Abstract

An existing W-band gyro-TWA is being upgraded to achieve an output power of 5 kW and a high pulse repetition rate of 2 kHz for cloud radar application. In this paper we report the latest results on the upgrade of the W-band gyro-TWA and its components. These components include input coupler, output window, corrugated output mode converter, pulsed power system and water-cooled beam dump.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: The authors would like to thank the EPSRC and STFC UK for supporting this work and Dr. P. Huggard, Mr M. Beardsley and Mr. P. Hiscock of the Millimetre Wave Technology Group at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK for the construction of the HCIR.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McElhinney, Dr Paul
• Authors: He, W., Donaldson, C.R., Zhang, L., McElhinney, P., Yin, H., Garner, J.R., Ronald, K., Cross, A.W., and Phelps, A.D.R.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
• Journal Name: IET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology 2016
• ISBN: 9781785612220
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2016 IEEE
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of the IET Colloquium on Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology 2016
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