Experimental investigation of emission inhomogeneity of gyrotron cathodes basing on their current-voltage characteristics

A scheme for automatic measurement of current-voltage characteristic of gyroresonance devices has been developed. Efficient emission inhomogeneity of cathode in powerful gyrotrons has been studied basing on analysis of current-voltage characteristics. Experimental data on the parameter of efficient emission inhomogeneity for different regimes are presented, as well as the estimate for admissible efficient inhomogeneity of the cathode for powerful gyrotrons and the dependence of electron beam parameters on efficient inhomogeneity of the cathode. A method of complex measurements is proposed, which makes it possible to judge about the contribution of different physical mechanisms into emission inhomogeneity of the cathode.     

The concept of an electron-optical system with field emitter for a spectroscopic gyrotron

We propose a new version of the electron-optical system for a spectroscopic gyrotron, where the primary electron flux appears due to the field emission. Requirements to the choice of the design of a multi-tip cathode are substantiated. The shape of the electrodes and the geometry of the magnetic system, which provide the formation of a helical electron beam with parameters fit for the gyrotron operation are found.     

Numerical simulation of low-frequency oscillations of the space charge and potential in the electron-optical system of a gyrotron

We present the results of simulating magnetron-injection guns of gyrotrons using the PIC technique for large values of the pitch factor, in which case intense oscillations of the space charge cloud and the related oscillations of the potential in the beam are observed. Time dependences are found for the charge located in the adiabatic trap. The temporal evolution of the potential in different cross sections of the beam and the corresponding frequency spectra are calculated. The process of reflected-particle bombardment of the cathode and the role of the secondary electron emission in the process of particle accumulation in the trap are studied. The beam parameters for regimes with a great share of trapped particles are found and compared with those calculated within the framework of the static model. Time dependences of the current of the beam entering the operating space are analyzed and the electron energy distribution at the input of the gyrotron cavity is found. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 872–879, October 2006.     

TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS OF SPACE CHARGE AND POTENTIAL IN THE GYROTRON ADIABATIC TRAP

The development of oscillations of the space charge and potential in the adiabatic trap of a gyrotron between the cathode and the cavity is studied numerically. The PIC method is applied, with the real two-dimensional distributions of the electric and magnetic fields taken into account. Secondary emission is included into the numerical model, as well as such factors as the electron beam space charge, thermal velocities of electrons, and emitter roughness. The value of the trapped space charge as a function of time is calculated. Time dependences of the potential in various cross-sections of the formation system are traced. The amplitudes of its variable component have been found and then the corresponding frequency spectra have been calculated. The process of cathode bombardment is investigated. The energy distribution and time dependence of the current in the electron beam coming to the operating space are found. Some ways to reduce the oscillations of the potential and the space charge are discussed.     

Electron beam formation in an anomalous glow discharge

Scaling parameters that account for the efficient formation of electron beams in sources based on an anomalous glow discharge are considered, and the processes leading to the violation of scaling laws are analyzed. Estimates show that the working pressure range in such sources can be increased significantly. The results obtained can be used to optimize discharge regimes with required electron beam parameters. It is demonstrated that sources with plane-parallel continuous electrodes can operate at pressures as high as 100 Torr (which is one to two orders of magnitude higher than that in similar existing electron beam sources), provided that parasitic spark breakdowns at the insulator near the discharge cathode are suppressed. The sources designed can be used for direct excitation of laser working media or their preionization by soft X-rays.     

Improvement of the helical electron beam quality and the gyrotron efficiency by controlling the electric field distribution near a magnetron injection gun

A technique for controlling the electric field distribution near the cathode of a magnetron injection gun is developed. The feasibility of improving the quality of a helical electron beam by optimizing the electric field distribution in a pulsed 4-mm-wave gyrotron is studied theoretically and experimentally. Field distributions are obtained that minimize the electron velocity spread in the beam, coefficient of electron reflection from a magnetic mirror, and intensity of parasitic low-frequency oscillations. It is demonstrated that the gyrotron efficiency can be increased through a rise in the beam quality at the optimized electric field distribution.     

Experimental investigation of a 140-GHz coaxial gyrotron oscillator

We report experimental results on a megawatt power level, 140-GHz coaxial gyrotron oscillator. The gyrotron has an inverted magnetron injection gun (IMIG) designed for operation at up to 95 kV and 88 A. The IMIG has an inner grounded anode which extends from the center of the gun down through the entire length of the tube including the cavity and collector. The IMIG was tested at up to 105 kV and 93 A in 3 μs pulses, achieving an electron beam power of 10 MW. The output power from the coaxial gyrotron cavity was transported to an internal mode converter and a single mirror that coupled the power out transversely from the tube axis. A maximum output power of up to 1 MW was obtained in the TE_27,11 mode at 142 GHz at an efficiency of 16%, about one half of the design efficiency. The reduced efficiency was attributed to nonuniformity of the cathode emission and the sensitivity to the relative alignment of the electron gun, coaxial insert, and cavity. The cathode emission over the azimuthal angle was measured for two cathodes and was shown to be nonuniform due to both temperature and emitter work function nonuniformity. The gyrotron was also tested in two alternate configurations: 1) with the internal mode converter removed (axial output), and 2) with both the internal converter and the coaxial insert removed (empty cavity). In operation in the empty cavity configuration, which is equivalent to a conventional gyrotron oscillator, output power of up to 0.9 MW was observed     

Improved Computer Program for Magnetron Injection Gun Design

Gyrotron has received extensive attention owing to its high-power capability, especially when the wavelength shrinks below the millimeter-wave range. The electron beam of a gyrotron is typically generated by a magnetron injection gun (MIG). For high cathode current density, the MIG may operate in a region that combines temperature limited and space-charge limited emissions. An improved computer program for electron gun design is appropriate for MIGs that operate between space-charge limited and temperature limited emission. Moreover, the initial input formation of the program resembles that of the EGUN code. Analysis of a Pierce electron gun and MIGs reveals that the stimulated beam current appears consistent with the measured results. However, EGUN simulation results in which the cathode emitters of MIGs are chosen for the temperature limited emission differ from those of our simulation results. This difference is most likely owing to that the initial emitting energy can not be completely described in the EGUN simulation. Finally, the improved computer program is used to design a MIG for a Ka-band, TE₀₁ mode gyro-TWT.     

全三维94 GHz回旋管系统数值模拟研究

为了打破传统回旋管数值模拟所采用的回旋发射产生理想电子束的局限性, 本文在理论分析94 GHz双阳极磁控注入式电子枪的结构参数的基础上, 通过共形FDTD算法对网格划分进行优化, 得到了具有横纵速度比为1.42, 最大速度零散为5.92%的高性能电子束, 并将此优化后的电子枪取代传统回旋管数值模拟时采用的回旋发射进行该94 GHz回旋 管系统的数值模拟, 并采用MPI四进程并行计算, 最终获得了具有TE₀₃模、94 GHz、平均输出功率约在40 kW、 效率达到10.5%的高性能回旋振荡管. 关键词： 双阳极磁控注入式电子枪 共形FDTD 横纵速度比 速度零散     

High-resolution X-ray projection radiography of a pin cathode in a high-current vacuum diode using X-pinch radiation

To study processes in a high-current vacuum diode with a cathode in the form of a single pin made of a metallic wire 20–30 μm in diameter, the method of high-resolution projection X-ray radiography with an X-pinch as a source has been used. A strong inhomogeneity of the energy contribution to the wire has been revealed. The smallest energy release has been observed near the end of the pin, where the electric field strength is maximal. Hard X rays, as well as the ejection of matter from the anode, have been observed, indicating the generation of an electron beam with the parameters characteristic of explosive electron emission in the diode with this configuration. The data obtained indicate complex processes occurring in the diode. Possible scenarios of their development have been considered.     

170 GHz回旋管大束流双阳极磁控注入电子枪的分析及设计

 基于绝热压缩原理和强流电子光学理论,设计了一只170 GHz回旋管双阳极磁控注入电子枪,经过理论分析及计算,采用仿真软件进行模拟和优化,最终得到的电子枪的电子注速度比为1.31,横向速度零散度为3.5%,纵向速度零散度为6.1%,束电流为51 A。讨论了阴极磁场、控制阳极电压和第二阳极电压等因素对电子注性能的影响,发现电子注的速度比和速度零散度对这些影响因子的变化都非常敏感:随着阴极磁场的增大,电子注的速度比减小,纵向速度零散度先增大后减小,横向速度零散度先减小后增大;阳极角越接近阴极倾角,纵向速度零散度越小;阳极角向着减小阴阳极间距的方向变化时横向速度零散度变小;增大第一阳极电压可以增大电子注的速度比和电子注的速度零散度。在两阳极电压不变的情况下,增大阴阳极之间的距离会使电子注的速度零散度和电子注的速度比减小。     

Generating a low-energy high-current electron beam in a gun having a plasma anode

Research has been done on major physical processes governing the scope for generating magnetized low-energy high-current electron beams in a plasma-filled system. Conditions are considered for efficient excitation of the explosive electron emission at a large-area cathode at low accelerating voltages, together with the trends in beam formation in the nonstationary double layer formed between the cathode and anode plasmas, as well as the beam transport to the collector in the inhomogeneous guiding plasma. It is found that a gun having a plasma anode enables one to generate wide-aperture electron beams of microsecond duration having a mean electron energy of 10–20 keV and an energy density of up to 20 J/cm² or more, which goes with homogeneity sufficient for technological purposes.High-Current Electronics Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 100–114, March, 1994.     

International Workshop on High Power Microwave Generation and PulseShortening

The following topics were dealt with: high power microwave generation; pulse shortening; fast wave devices; gyrotron oscillators; gyrotron amplifiers; free electron lasers; free electron masers; cyclotron resonance masers; slow wave devices; backward wave oscillators; plasma-filled devices; crossed-field devices; magnetrons; MILOs; devices based on transit time effects; virtual cathode devices; klystrons; traveling wave tubes; electron beam formation and oscillations, impulse sources; computational and calculational techniques, experimental techniques, applications     

栅网结构碳纳米管冷阴极电子光学系统的设计

基于碳纳米管冷阴极实验测试结果,采用三维粒子模拟软件对大面积碳纳米管冷阴极的场致发射特性进行了仿真,研究了栅网结构不同尺寸对碳纳米管冷阴极场致发射特性及电子注通过率的影响,并在此基础上设计出面积压缩比为18,输出电流密度为14.9 A/cm2的带状注电子枪。为进一步研制碳纳米管冷阴极电子光学系统和相关微波、毫米波电真空辐射源器件提供了技术基础。     

Effect of surface roughness on the velocity spread in electron guns for gyrotrons

The effects of the roughness of the cathode surface on the emittance of an electron beam in a gyrotron gun are investigated. Parameter studies using a very simple model are performed in order to determine a reasonable parametrization of the effect for use in the BFCPIC and BFCRAY codes. Calculations are then performed for a gun in use at FZK.     

吉瓦级强流相对论多注电子束二极管的优化设计与实验研究

多注相对论速调管放大器可在较高的工作频段实现GW级功率微波产生,在很多领域得到了发展和应用.多注相对论速调管中强流相对论多注电子束相互之间存在空间电磁场的作用,使得多注电子束从二极管引入多注漂移管,以及在多注漂移管中的传输运动受到影响,导致电子束会轰击到管壁上,早期实验中多注电子束的传输通过率较低.本文对功率数GW的强流相对论多注电子束在二极管与多注漂移管中的运动过程进行了理论分析与粒子仿真模拟,得到强流相对论多注电子束的传输运动规律.对多注二极管的结构进行了优化设计,仿真设计实现强流相对论多注电子束的传输通过率达到99%,并且开展了验证实验研究,实验在电子束电压为801 kV,电流为9.3 kA的情况下,电子束的传输通过率达到92%.     

Measurements on electron beams in pulsed hollow-cathode discharges

Two different regimes of electron beams have been reported in the pulsed hollow cathode discharge-a low-current, high-energy beam, and a relatively high-current beam of low energy. The high-energy beam is related to the hollow cathode geometry and is found to be present even in the absence of subsequent gas breakdown, while the low-energy beam is always associated with voltage breakdown. Detailed measurements of the spatial and temporal distribution of the electron beam transported beyond a semitransparent anode associated with gas breakdown are reported. In particular, a high-energy component is observed after electrical breakdown. Low-energy electron beams are observed to be transported beyond the anode throughout the main discharge period     

Development of a Prototype of a 1-MW 105-156-GHz Multifrequency Gyrotron

We present the results of studying the possibility of numerical and experimental optimization of the helical electron beam (HEB) formation system and the processes of mode interaction in the electron beam – cavity system for a prototype of a 1-MW 105–156-GHz step-tunable gyrotron with various operating modes. The system parameters are optimized to achieve the maximum efficiency of the gyrotron with an acceptable ohmic load in the cavity. We also analyze the influence of mode competition and depression of the electron-beam potential as well as the possibility of energy recovery of the collector electron beam. The possibility of optimizing the mode converter system for various operating modes is demonstrated.     

强流碳纳米管阴极快脉冲重频发射特性

在Cu基底上, 采用催化热解生长法制备了石墨化程度较高的碳纳米管阴极. 当电子束能量达到1 MeV、梯度约为60 kV/ns时, 发射束流强度达到15 kA, 相应密度约为1 kA/cm², 束压、束流响应快, 波形间几无延时. 以50 Hz重复频率、约15 GW束功率强流发射时, 波形稳定, 随着频率增高, 稳定性降低. 发射炮次达1000后, 表面形貌保持完整、界面无脱附; 束压与束流基本满足空间电荷限制定律, 发射机理属闪络型等离子体发射, 等离子体速度约为3.9 cm/μs.     

大回旋cusp电子注数值模拟

 新一代宽带、高增益、大功率回旋行波管需要新型的电子注，而大回旋cusp电子注为其实现提供了可能。对大回旋cusp电子注进行系统理论分析，建立了大回旋cusp电子注的物理模型，在理论分析基础上进行了大量数值计算和模拟优化，并对大回旋cusp电子枪设计中的影响因素进行探讨。设计出一支低速度零散、高速度比、低纹波，适用于高次谐波的高功率(54 kV, 2.7 A)cusp电子枪。