The invention belongs to the technical field of non-linear
distortion of traveling-wave tubes, particularly relates to a fast three-order
intermodulation calculation method of a traveling-
wave tube and is used for overcoming the defect that three-order
intermodulation calculation of an existing traveling-
wave tube is low. The method includes the steps that firstly, the
center frequency of two input frequencies serves as input
signal frequency, input power scanning is conducted,
gain curve and phase shift curve data are obtained, and thereby
complex gain curve data are obtained; then, the data are introduced into a calculation formula, rapid calculation is conducted, and output power of the two input frequencies and the three-order
intermodulation output power are obtained under a specific field magnitude value; finally, the field magnitude value is scanned, and the fundamental wave output power under all input power and the three-order intermodulation output power can be obtained. According to the fast three-order intermodulation calculation method, power scanning needs to be conducted once under a single frequency, then, the three-order intermodulation under all input power can be fast solved through the formula, a one-dimension model only needs several seconds, and a three-dimension model only needs several minutes; three-order intermodulation optimization calculation efficiency is greatly improved.