Studies on the switching speed effect of the phase shift keying in SLED for generating high power microwave

Abstract: SLAC energy doubler (SLED) type radio-frequency pulse compressors are widely used in large-scale particle accelerators for converting long-duration moderate-power input pulse into short-duration high-power output pulse. The phase shift keying (PSK) is one of the key components in SLED pulse compression systems. Performance of the PSK will influence the output characteristics of SLED, such as rise-time of the output pulse, the maximal peak power gain, and the energy efficiency. In this paper, high power microwave source based on power combining and pulse compression of conventional klystrons was introduced, the nonideal PSK with slow switching speed and without power output during the switching process were investigated, the experimental results with nonideal PSK agreed well with the analytical results.