Cross fields nonreciprocal attenuator electron discharge device

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AN ELECTRON DISCHARGE DEVICE UTILIZING CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR THE INTERACTION THEREIN COMPRISING AN ANODE STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO PROPAGATE A MAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IN ONE DIRECTION AND OTHER ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES TO BE AMPLIFIED TO SAID ANODE STRUCTURE, MEANS FOR EXTRACTING AMPLIFYING SIGNAL WAVES FROM SAID ANODE STRUCTURE; ELECTRODES POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID ANODE STRUCTURE FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRIC FIELD BETWEEN SAID ANODE STRUCTUDE AND EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES; MEANS FOR PRODUCING A FIRST ELECTRON STREAM BETWEEN SAID ANODE STRUCTURE AND ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES, MEANS FOR PRODUING A SECOND ELECTRON STREAM BETWEEN SAID ANODE STRUCTURE STREAM THE OTHER OF SAID ELECTRODES, SAID SECOND ELECTRON OF SAID DIRECTED IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF SAID FIRST ELECTRON STREAM; AND MEANS ESTABLISHING THE VELOCITY OF THE OPPOSITELY DIRECTED ELECTRON STREAMS SUCH THAT ONE OF THE ELECTRON STREAMS INTERACTS WITH AND AMPLIFIES SAID APPLIED SIGNALS ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRAVELING ON SAID ANODE STRUCTURE AND THE OTHER ELECTRON STREAM INTERACTS WITH SAID ATTENUATES ONLY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES MOVING IN A DIRECTION ON SAID ANODE STRUCTURE OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE MAIN WAVE THEREBY PROVIDING A NONRECIPROCAL ATTENUATOR FOR THE ELECTRON DISCHARGE DEVICE.