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The power beaming system uses a laser running from a power supply.To define the beam size at its destination, the laser's light can be shaped by a set of optics.This light energy can be sent through air or the vacuum of space, onto a photovoltaic (PV) receiver, where it is converted back into electricity.
[1] [2] The 6L6 is a beam tetrode that utilizes formation of a low potential space charge region between the anode and screen grid to return anode secondary emission electrons to the anode and offers significant performance improvements over power pentodes. [1] The 6L6 was the first successful beam power tube marketed.
The beam tetrode produces greater output power than a triode or pentode with the same anode supply voltage. [3] The first beam tetrode marketed was the Marconi N40, introduced in 1935. [4] [5] Beam tetrodes manufactured and used in the 21st century include the 4CX250B, KT66 and variants of the 6L6.
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Beam-powered propulsion, also known as directed energy propulsion, is a class of aircraft or spacecraft propulsion that uses energy beamed to the spacecraft from a remote power plant to provide energy. The beam is typically either a microwave or a laser beam, and it is either pulsed or continuous.
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The full funding for construction was appropriated by US Congress in 1986 and on February 13, 1987, the construction of the main component, the CEBAF accelerator began. The first beam was delivered to the experimental area on 1 July 1994. The design energy of 4 GeV for the beam was achieved during the year 1995.