“…The mode selection depends on several parameters, namely, the voltage depression, the limiting current, the ohmic wall loading, etc., described in detail elsewhere [5,6]. On the basis of the mode selection parameters and the start up scenario in the interaction region [23,24], the high order TE 22,6 mode has been selected as the operating mode and the electron beam has been launched at the first radial maxima for the fundamental beammode operation. The TE 22,6 mode exhibits high coupling with the gyrating electron beam.…”