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This article presents the results of a design study of an electron-optic system (EOS) for a sheet-beam G-band traveling-wave tube. An electron gun providing a 0.1-A, 20-kV sheet beam emitted by a 0.8 mm × 0.8 mm curved cylindrical cathode is designed. The beam dimensions at waist position are 0.05 mm × 0.8 mm with a compression ratio of 16 in the vertical direction. A magnetic system providing 1.1 T magnetic field, which is nearly seven times higher than the Brillouin field, is designed, and beam transmission in the 0.1 mm × 0.85 mm beam tunnel is studied by 3-D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. It is demonstrated that the beam has a complex structure of particle distribution, i.e., a high-density central part (core) and a peripheral low-density part (halo). The effect of assembly tolerance on beam transmission is studied. The prototype gun is fabricated, which compresses the beam to 0.1 mm by electrostatic field only. The 135-mA current with 95% transmission through the 0.2-mm anode aperture is measured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the design approach for a ${V}$ -band miniaturized oscillator with a pseudospark-based high-current-density sheet electron beam source is presented. The hollow cathode electron gun has been designed and developed. In the experiment, the ~10-A current in the hollow-cathode phase has been measured. The high-frequency structure comprised of a truncated sine waveguide slow wave structure (TSW SWS) with wideband-matched output couplers has been designed, optimized, and simulated. The simulations show good transmission characteristics of the structure. The operation of a backward-wave oscillator with the designed TSW SWS driven by a 10-A, 40-kV sheet electron beam has been investigated by using 3-D particle-in-cell simulations. The maximal output power of 70 kW has been attained in the simulation. Frequency tuning within the 10-GHz frequency band has been demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]