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Electromagnetic wave device

US5020064A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1989
Grant dateMay 28, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/0903
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electromagnetic wave device having an amplification function comprises a medium containing free carriers, means for applying a magnetic field to the medium, means for applying an input electromagnetic wave to the medium in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field, and means for generating an electric field to accelerating the carriers in the direction of the input electromagnetic wave. A frequency of the input electromagnetic wave is within the range of the plasma frequency plus or minus the cyclotron frequency, and a polarization direction of the input electromagnetic wave is perpendicular both to the magnetic field and its own traveling direction. Furthermore, the device has such functions as oscillation, modulation, frequency conversion, etc. depending on the type of added units.

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