We employ metamaterial beam-wave interaction structures for tuning the gainand bandwidth of short traveling wave tubes. The interaction structures aremade from metal rings of uniform cross section, which are periodically deployedalong the length of the traveling wave tube. The aspect ratio of the ring crosssections are adjusted to control both gain and bandwidth. The frequency ofoperation is controlled by the filling fraction of the ring cross section withrespect to the period.
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