Meyne, SaschaSaschaMeyneKrenz, MarkusMarkusKrenzJacob, Arne F.Arne F.Jacob2021-01-072021-01-072014-04IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2014)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/8320A specialized version of adaptive simulated annealing is presented. It is designed to optimize helix tapers for traveling-wave tubes in terms of output power and linearity based on the saturated tube characteristics. The algorithm is tested on a Ku-band traveling-wave tube and the results are presented.enConference Paper10.1109/IVEC.2014.6857530Other