title: A compact two-way high-power microwave combiner.
abstract: A compact 2-way high-power microwave (HPM) waveguide combiner as an important equipment to realize the coherent microwave combination was theoretically designed, built, and proof-of-principle experimentally tested. The theoretical and experimental S-parameters are basically consistent with each other: return loss <-25 dB, and the isolation degree between 2-channels of the HPM combiner >25 dB to avoid the inter-modulating between the HPM sources. The C-band HPM experiment was carried out, and the power capacity of the HPM combiner was demonstrated to reach multi-gigawatts.
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu