Adjoint Equations for Beam-Wave Interaction and Optimization of TWT Design - Vlasov, Alexander N.; Antonsen, Thomas M.; Chernin, David; Chernyavskiy, Igor A. (IEEE transactions on plasma science, 2022)
Keywords: Adjoint method; Algorithms; beam–wave interaction; Circuit design; Computing time; Design; Design optimization; Design parameters; Electric potential; figure of merit (FoM); Finite difference method; Impedance; Klystrons; Mathematical models; Optimization; Perturbation methods; Radio frequency; Space charge; Traveling wave tubes; Traveling waves; traveling-wave tube (TWT); Voltage; Wave interaction; Waveguides