Relativistic backward-wave oscillator with longitudinal-slotted diffraction output

The results of experimental studies evaluating the influence of longitudinal slits in a conical diffraction outlet, combined with an electron collector, of a 10 GHz relativistic BWO (Backward-Wave Oscillator) with an operating mode TM$_{01}$ are presented. It has been shown experimentally that replacing a solid conical waveguide with a similar longitudinal-slotted waveguide has little effect on the performance of the BWO. The use of a longitudinally slotted diffraction outlet instead of a continuous one makes it possible to reduce the volume of plasma and microparticles formed on the diffraction outlet surface under the action of an electron beam, and to improve their adsorption and removal.