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Micro Vacuum Backward Wave Oscillator Terahertz Source
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-07-C-0116
Agency Tracking Number: 06SB2-0045
Amount:
$98,996.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
SB062-002
Solicitation Number:
2006.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
2006
Award Year:
2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
2007-01-24
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
2007-09-30
Small Business Information
2020 Centimeter Circle
Austin, TX
78758
United States
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Leonid Karpov
Title: Chief Scientist
Phone: (512) 997-7782
Email: karpov@stellar-micro.com
Title: Chief Scientist
Phone: (512) 997-7782
Email: karpov@stellar-micro.com
Business Contact
Name: Mark Eaton
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (512) 997-7781
Email: eaton@stellar-micro.com
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (512) 997-7781
Email: eaton@stellar-micro.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
A micro-scale backward wave oscillator uses demonstrated high current density edge emitter cold cathodes to produce a sheet beam over a micromachined slow wave structure. Continuous tuning or locking are accomplished by controlling the beam voltage. A beam energy homogenizing structure increases efficiency compared with thermionic BWOs and reduces the need for magnetic confinement of the beam. This and the elimination of heaters reduce the size of the source to well under 1/10 that of conventional BWOs. Several sources can be combined to cover the entire 0.1 - 1.0 THz range.
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