Research progresses on Cherenkov and transit-time high-power microwave sources at NUDT

Jiande Zhang; Xingjun Ge; Jun Zhang; Juntao He; Yuwei Fan; Zhiqiang Li; Zhenxing Jin; Liang Gao; Junpu Ling; Zumin Qi

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.04.001

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