Varian, Russell H.; and Varian, Sigurd F.
- Varian, Russell H.; and Varian, Sigurd F.
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▪ American inventors
in full Russell Harrison Varian and Sigurd Fergus Varian
Respectively,
born April 24, 1898, Washington, D.C., U.S.
died July 28, 1959, Juneau, Alaska
born May 4, 1901, Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.
died Oct. 18, 1961, Puerto Vallarta, Mex.
brothers who, with William W. Hansen, invented the
klystron radio tube, a powerful microwave generator.
Russell Varian received his M.A. in 1927 from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., and worked in a technical capacity with several organizations, including Humble Oil and Refining Company, Farnsworth Television Company, and Varian Associates.
During the period 1935–39, Russell and his brother, Sigurd, a largely self-taught engineer and pilot, worked with William W. Hansen of Stanford to develop the klystron. Russell Varian and Hansen developed the theoretical basis of the klystron, a novel application of the principle of amplitude modulation to a beam of electrons. Sigurd Varian built the mechanism. The klystron tube was first used in radar detection and guidance systems and was later applied to electron accelerator technology. Russell Varian also invented a magnetometer that was used for the measurement of the Earth's magnetic field by the Vanguard satellite. In 1948 the brothers formed Varian Associates, a firm that produced microwave devices useful in the linear electron accelerator and in detectors of nuclear magnetic resonance.
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