METHOD FOR GENERATION OF UHF RANGE BROADBAND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC H01J25/00 

FIELD: electrical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: with the help of discharge of a HV vacuum photodiode initiated by laser radiation falling onto the photocathode at an angle a current pulse is created propagating along the interelectrode interspace at a supersonic gap. Radiation generation occurs within the discharge gap. Laser radiation propagates inside the photodiode, reflected from the electrodes surfaces. To increase the electromagnetic radiation generator power and energy, several identical photodiodes are stacked.

EFFECT: increased efficiency of electrostatic energy conversion to electromagnetic radiation energy.

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