This book focuses on a fundamental feature of vacuum electronics: the strong interaction of the physics of electron beams and vacuum microwave electronics, including millimeter-wave electronics. The author guides readers from the roots of classical vacuum electronics to the most recent achievements in the field. Special attention is devoted to the physics and theory of relativistic beams and microwave devices, as well as the theory and applications of specific devices.

SHULIM E. TSIMRING, PhD, DSc, is a consultant in the field of applied physics. Dr. Tsimring has taught at a number of universities, most recently as a professor at Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia. Simultaneously, he was engaged in powerful high-frequency electronics research at the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Nizhny Novgorod.