Vacuum tube amplifier of the opther Project for 1-THz amplification

Summary form only given. The realization of a 1-THz cascade backward wave amplifier (C-BWA) represents a breakthrough in European technology in the THz vacuum electron device field. The huge design and fabrication obstacles solved by the innovative solutions devised during the three years of the OPTHER project added new knowledge over the state-of the-art
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