Sheet Beam Klystron Simulations Using AJDISK

Abstract

AJDISK is a useful design tool for sheet beams. The code is capable of simulating sheet beam klystrons on modern computers in under a minute. The code can accurately and quickly predict saturated gain, reduced plasma wavelength, cavity voltages, and beam loading. Two of the output plots from the code are shown in figure 3. The gain predicted from AJDISK is in good agreement with measured results and is shown in figure 4