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Journal of Microwave Power
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On The
Feasibility Of Power Transmission Using Microwave Energy In Circular
Waveguide [PDF] |
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W. Loewenstern, Jr. and D.A . Dunn 1966 1 2 57-64 |
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Abstract A cylindrical waveguide
operating in the TE01 mode can transmit powers of the order of
thousands of megawatts in frequency ranges below 10 gc/s with acceptable
copper losses over distances of hundreds of miles, provided it can be made
with sufficient accuracy to avoid excessive power transfer into other
unwanted high-loss modes. The tolerances on the guide straightness appear to
be the most severe limitation on the use of this type of guide as a high power
system component. These tolerances are evaluated here and found to be of the
order of 10 to 100 mils in distances of a few hundred feet for typical values
of the other parameters such as 2.0 gc/s in a 1-meter-radius guide providing
one db power loss in a distance of |
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