ТЕРАГЕРЦОВЫЕ ГИРОТРОНЫ НА ВЫСОКИХ ЦИКЛОТРОННЫХ ГАРМОНИКАХ

TERAHERTZ GYROTRONS AT HIGH CYCLOTRON HARMONICS

The results of first experiments and future trends in advancing to sub-THz and THz frequency ranges with self-oscillators working at high cyclotron harmonics and gyromultipliers are discussed. In both varieties of gyrotrons, selective excitation of high harmonics can be simplified by the use of electron beams describing helical trajectories whose centers are close to the cavity axis (the configuration of Large Orbit Gyrotron).