Accomplishments of the Microwave Power Research Initiative

Reported research pertains to an L-band and a W-band signal source.

Research performed under the auspices of the Microwave Power Research Initiative (MiPRI) between May 1, 2005 and April 30, 2006 has been reported. [The MiPRI is a congressionally mandated Air Force program to advance the science of high-power electron- beam-driven microwave and millimeter- wave signal sources.] The reported research was performed by a consortium of three universities led by the University of New Mexico and including the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The research pertains to two signal sources of current interest to the Air Force: a relativistic Lband magnetron and a W-band source.