Auto-oscillatory system based on dielectric resonator with whispering-gallery modes

A new method of microwave generation in a system with high-Q quasi-optical cylindrical dielectric resonator (CDR) excited by an azimuthal-periodic electron beam current is proposed. Characteristic parameters of a cylindrical fluoroplastic CDR have been determined. Data on microwave generation in a system based on a CDR with whispering-gallery eigenmodes excited by a relativistic azimuthal-periodic electron beam current are presented. Electromagnetic radiation of this system was measured using a detector for the 8-mm wavelength range.