<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shi Pan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chao-Hai Du*</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hui-Qi Bian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zi-Chao Gao</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fan-Hong Li</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pu-Kun Liu*</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Terahertz broadband whispering-gallery mode Gyrotron backward-wave oscillator</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IEEE Trans. Electron Devices</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8672811</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">66</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2389-2395</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conventional gyrotron backward-wave oscillators (gyro-BWOs) operate in a low-order mode, e.g., TE&amp;nbsp;0,1&amp;nbsp;mode. As the operating frequency extends to the terahertz (THz) band, the transverse size of low-order mode cavity shrinks, and the power capability is reduced, consequently. A solution to adopt an overmoded interaction cavity with a significantly enlarged index of the operating mode is valid on the condition that the challenging problem of mode competition can be controlled during the broadband frequency tuning. In this paper, a high-order whispering-gallery mode (WGM) THz gyro-BWO with a cathode-end output circuit is investigated. A segment-tapered circuit is applied to suppress the Q factors of competing modes and to obtain a the competition-free stable start-oscillation scenario. The theoretical result predicts that the effective frequency tuning range continuously covers between 252.3 and 260 GHz when the B-field is changed from 9.41 to 9.96 T. Our studies are beneficial to the development of high-performance sources for THz biomedical and material science applications.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue></record></records></xml>