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We are developing backward wave oscillators (BWOs) for use above 1 THz. The devices employ photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) circuits for the slow-wave circuits, micromachined into silicon substrates and coated with gold to form the metallic photonic crystals. These circuits are being tested with an electron beam gun in a BWO tube previously used with an interdigitated circuit that tuned over an octave,...