Announcing a Special Issue of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
on High-Power Microwave Generation

(Scheduled for June 2010)

The field of high-power microwave generation continues to be an active area of research in meeting the diverse high peak and average power needs of government and industrial applications. High-power vacuum electronics devices producing coherent electromagnetic radiation ranging from 10’s of centimeters to sub-millimeter wavelengths continue to find application in advanced fusion and accelerator device applications, state-of-the-art radar and electronic warfare, high data-rate communications, and material processing. Advances in cathode technology, collector design, as well as theory and modeling/simulation help push devices to unmatched peak/average power, compact size, bandwidth, and efficiency.

To disseminate the recent advances in the community, plans are being made to publish the Thirteenth Special Issue on High-Power Microwave Generation during 2010. All researchers in the field are cordially invited to submit manuscripts to be refereed for inclusion in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE. The 2010 Special Issue will highlight progress in all areas of sources and enabling technology including, but not limited to theoretical, computational, and experimental investigation of slow-wave, fast wave, crossed field, and novel amplifiers and oscillators, as well as techniques, effects, and applications of this technology.

The Special Issue is planned for the June 2010 issue. All contributions should reach the guest editors by 15 October 2009. We require that all prospective authors use the IEEE submission system at Manuscript Central to submit their electronic manuscripts (Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word formats are requested). The guest editors will conduct the entire review process using Manuscript Central. Instructions may be found at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tps-ieee.