Andrew V. Haeff: Enigma of the Tube Era and Forgotten Computing Pioneer

equipe turbulence plasma, case 322 campus Saint Jérôme, av. esc. Normandie-Niemen,The traveling-wave tube is a critical subsystem for satellite data transmission. Its role in the history of wireless communications and in the space conquest is significant, but largely ignored, even though the device remains widely used nowadays. This paper present, albeit non-exhaustively, circumstances and contexts that led to its invention, and its part in the worldwide (in particular in Europe) expansion of TV broadcasting via microwave radiorelays and satellites. We also discuss its actual contribution to space applications and its conception. The originality of this paper comes from the wide period covered (from first slow-wave structures in 1889 to present space projects) and from connection points made between this device and commercial exploitations. The appendix deals with an intuitive pedagogical description of the wave-particle interaction. PACS numbers: 01.65.+g (History of science), 84.40.Fe (Microwave tubes), 52.40.Mj (Particle beam interaction in plasmas)

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Andrew V. Haeff: Enigma of the Tube Era and Forgotten Computing Pioneer

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