Stanford University. W.W. Hansen Laboratories.

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Brothers Sigurd and Russell Varian worked in collaboration with Prof. William W. Hansen beginning in 1937 to invent and perfect the Klystron, a device for generating high-power microwaves. Much of the work was conducted at the Sperry Gyroscope Company.

From the guide to the Stanford University, W.W. Hansen Laboratories, klystron reports and patents, 1936-1949, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)

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creatorOf Stanford University, W.W. Hansen Laboratories, klystron reports and patents, 1936-1949 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Stanford University. W.W. Hansen Laboratories. Stanford University, W.W. Hansen Laboratories, klystron reports and patents, 1936-1949. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Kovalenko, V. F. person
associatedWith Kovalenko, V. F. (Viktor Fedorovich). person
associatedWith Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory. corporateBody
associatedWith Sperry Gyroscope Company, inc. corporateBody
associatedWith W.W. Hansen Laboratories of Physics corporateBody
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Klystrons
Microwave tubes
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Active 1936

Active 1949

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