ABSTRACT
The electrodynamic and multiconductor line methods have been most frequently applied. In 2000, people used the software package Microwave Office, from the Applied Wave Research Company, for helical slow-wave system simulation. This chapter presents the information about peculiarities of application of the Microwave Office software package and results of simulation of the twined helical system and the asymmetrical helical system containing internal and external shields. It utilizes versatile electromagnetic simulation and design tools developed for investigation of electromagnetic fields and simulation of various electrodynamic systems. The chapter provides a short description of the characteristics of the software package Microwave Office developed by the Applied Wave Research Company for radio frequency and microwave design. Reflections in the signal path with a slow-wave system do not exist if the internal resistance of the signal source and load resistance are the same as the characteristic impedance of the slow-wave system.
