Abstract
A nonlinear simulation of the Cherenkov maser amplifier is presented for a configuration in which an electron beam propagates through a dielectric-lined cylindrical waveguide. The parameters used correspond to an experiment at General Dynamics which measured a total efficiency of 11.5% at 8.6 GHz. The simulation is in agreement with this but indicates that the system was too short to reach saturation and that an efficiency of 30% would have been possible for a longer system, and the performance is not significantly degraded by thermal spreads up to 20%.
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