Recent advances in high power microwave sources and the science of electronics in extreme electromagnetic environments at the university of new mexico

The University of New Mexico (UNM) has two research thrusts in high power electromagnetics: (i) the development of novel sources of high power microwave (HPM) radiation with ever-increasing beam-to-microwave conversion efficiency in the frequency range from 1 GHz to over 100 GHz, and (ii) the development of physics-based predictive models on how electronics (and software execution) are affected when they are exposed to fluctuating voltages (in the microwave frequencies) that stress their operation slightly beyond specification. This paper summarizes recent advances in these two areas.