A forced gas-cooled single-disk window using silicon nitride composite for high power CW millimeter waves

Silicon nitride composite as a candidate of a window material for high power CW (Continuous Wave) millimeter-waves was high power tested especially with a surface cooling by impinging gas nitrogen jets on the single-disk surface. Gas-cooling dramatically suppressed the temperature of the window disk even with gas flow rate of around 100 l/min. With gas cooling of 465l/min., 130kW CW power of HE₁₁ mode could be transmitted through the silicon nitride window with a diameter of 88.9mm. The peak window temperature was completely saturated on 123.6 °C. Without gas-cooling it did not saturate and reached 323 °C during 30 seconds pulse. A possibility of 1MW CW single disk Brewster windows with a forced gas-cooling is discussed, resulting in convinced prospects of the windows with realistic size and thickness.     

High power 170 GHz test of CVD diamond for ECH window

In order to check the usability of large-size CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) diamond disks for high power millimeter wave vacuum barrier windows at room temperature (T = 293 K) a first series of experiments, using a 170 GHz, 0.4 MW, 0.2 s JAERI/Toshiba gyrotron¹⁾, have been performed. The dielectric loss tangent at a frequency of 170 GHz has been determined to be tan δ = 1.3·10⁻⁴. By comparing the experimental results to numerical simulations the thermal conductivity was estimated to be about k ≈ 1800 W/mK. This preliminary results indicate that a single-disk CVD diamond window assembly using a water-edge cooling could fulfill the requirements for a continuous wave (CW) transmission of millimeter wave power in the megawatt range. This is needed for the Electron Cyclotron Heating (ECH) on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).     

Analysis of Transmission Characteristics for Single and Double Disk Windows

The work reports about window design studies for both the JET EP ECRH project and the ASDEX-Upgrade ECRH system. Detailed calculations of the millimeter wave transmission characteristics for conventional single-disk windows, for frequency tunable double-disk windows and for ultra-broadband Brewster windows have been performed. The geometry of the window units has been optimized in order to obtain a suitable transmission characteristic, i.e. power reflection less than –20 dB within a frequency bandwidth of about 1 GHz around the chosen frequencies. In particular the influence of mechanical tolerances on the transmission characteristic has been investigated in order to specify the mechanical dimensions of the CVD-diamond disks and the window unit. In case of a Brewster window, the thickness has been optimized to get low power reflection over a wide angles range around the Brewster angle.     

The Influence of Window Parameters on the Transmission Characteristics of Millimeter Waves

This work reports about the influence of some window parameters, such as the mechanical tolerance of disk thickness, the variation of distance between two disks, and the frequency drift during gyrotron operation on the transmission characteristics of millimeter waves. Detailed calculations of the transmission characteristics for a single-disk gyrotron window and frequency tunable double-disk plasma fusion torus windows have been performed. The geometry of the window units has been optimized in order to obtain a suitable transmission characteristic, i.e. power reflection less than –20 dB within a frequency bandwidth of about 1 GHz around the chosen frequencies.     

Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Single-Disc Edge-Cooled Silicon Nitride Millimeter Wave Window for 200 kW CW Gyrotrons

This paper investigates the possibility of using Silicon Nitride Composite (Kyocera SN-287) as single-disc, edge-cooled window for gyrotrons operating below 200 kW CW in the frequency range 28-42 GHz. Rotationally symmetric TE_0n, and TEM₀₀ Gaussian modes of rf transmission through the window have been considered. Analysis performed using a one dimensional (1D) finite difference (FD) code reveals that thermal stresses developed due to non-uniform temperature distribution on the disc surface are well within manageable limits for a 200 kW 42 GHz gyrotron proposed for some ECRH applications. For industrial gyrotrons, for microwave material processing and operating at a maximum power level of 100 kW CW, Si₃N₄ windows may be a cost effective replacement for sapphire windows. It is found that a TE₀₂ profile results in lower peak temperature at the window disc in comparison to a Gaussian beam profile and allows the use of smaller discs.     

D-band frequency step-tuning of A 1 MW gyrotron using a brewster output window

In order to demonstrate the usability of gyrotron oscillators as frequency step tunable high power millimeter-wave sources, experiments on a 1 MW, 140 GHz TE_22,6 gyrotron with a built-in quasi-optical (q. o.) mode converter have been performed. By varying the operating parameters of the tube, a series of oscillations in the frequency range from 114 GHz to 166 GHz were excited. To avoid reflections, caused by the required vacuum barrier window, the gyrotron was equipped with a Brewster window. The achieved output power levels between 0.85 and 1.05 MW are compared to measurements carried out with the same tube using a conventional single-disk window. These experiments showed that even by using a q. o. mode converter, the influence of window reflections on the gyrotron oscillatory behavior cannot be removed completely.     

High-pressure,high-temperature thermophysical measurements on tungsten

Abstract

Wire shaped tungsten samples (0.25 mm diameter, 40 mm length, 99.97%) are resistively pulse heated as part of a coaxially built up capacitor discharge circuit. With heating rates of more than 10⁹ K/s, temperatures up to 12000 K are reached. The tungsten wire is contained with the surrounding medium water in a high pressure vessel with sapphire windows and a maximum pressure capability of 0.5 GPa. Time correlated measurements of the current through the wire and the voltage drop across it as well as surface radiation and wire expansion can be performed simultaneously and allow the determination of thermophysical properties for the liquid tungsten (see key words). All measuring systems have rise times less than 10 ns.     

Silicon as an advanced window material for high power gyrotrons

The absorptivity of high-purity grades of silicon (Si) and its reduction by subsequent doping procedures are investigated.The dielectric data are given for the wide range of frequencies (30 – 330 GHz) and temperatures (30 – 330 K) in comparison with the data set for sapphire. The advanced material performance in high power window applications is discussed taking into account both dielectric properties of the optimized silicon grades and thermal conductivity.     

不同材料回旋管输出窗的临界热耗散功率

 从陶瓷介质材料的临界温度差出发,研究了不同材料的回旋管输出窗的临界热耗散功率。针对TE₀₁,TE11和TE₀₂模式的电磁波通过窗片时发生的不同加热模式进行分析,比较了氧化铝窗片、氧化铍窗片、氮化硼窗片和蓝宝石窗片的热功率承受能力。另外,研究了窗片厚度变化时,不同材料窗片的临界热耗散功率的变化情况。研究表明：蓝宝石和氧化铍窗片表现出较好的热功率耗散能力,其中以蓝宝石窗片最为出色;氧化铝和氮化硼窗片的热功率耗散能力相对较弱;随着窗片厚度的增加,4种材料的临界热耗散功率均有不同程度的变大,其中以蓝宝石和氧化铍窗片更为明显。     

Window materials for high power gyrotron

The room temperature application of sapphire as window material at higher frequencies is not feasible since its absorption coefficient increases almost linearly with increasing frequency in the millimeter wavelength region. At cryogenic temperature the absorption coefficient value decreases only by a few factors (factor of 2 to 3) in the 90 – 200 GHz region. The earlier reported temperature squared dependence (decrease) in the absorption coefficient or the loss tangent value is totally absent in our broad band continuous wave data we are reporting here (at 6.5 K, 35K, 77K and 300K) and one we reported at conferences earlier. Our results are verified by another technique. We utilize our precision millimeter wave dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopic techniques at room temperature and at cryogenic temperatures The extra high resistivity single crystal compensated silicon is no doubt the lowest loss material available at room temperature in the entire millimeter wavelength region At higher millimeter wave frequencies an extra high resistivity silicon window or an window made with extra high resistivity silicon coated with diamond film would certainly make a better candidate in the future. A single free standing synthetic diamond window seems to have higher absorption coefficient values at millimeter wavelength region at this time although it is claimed that it possesses good mechanical strength and higher thermal conductivity characteristics. It certainly does not rule out the use of diamond film on a single crystal high resistivity silicon to improve its mechanical strength and thermal conductivityThis research program was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Research. Authors acknowledge the loan of a synthetic diamond specimen from Dr. Kevin Gray of Norton Diamond Company     

The connection between photon mass andB (3) : The poincaré group

The longitudinal vacuum fieldB ⁽³⁾ is an experimental observable which produces by magnetization a well-defined square-root beam power density dependence. Its longitudinal polarization implies that the helicities of the photon are +1, 0, and –1, and that the little group of the Poincaré group is the rotation group 0(3) of a massive boson. The mass of the photon (m) is therefore related directly toB ⁽³⁾ through the Proca equation, and it is concluded that experimental evidence forB ⁽³⁾ is also evidence for finitem.     

The Proof That the Standard Transformations of E and B Are Not the Lorentz Transformations

In this paper it is exactly proved that the standard transformations of the three-dimensional (3D) vectors of the electric and magnetic fields E and B are not relativistically correct transformations. Thence the 3D vectors E and B are not well-defined quantities in the 4D space-time and, contrary to the general belief, the usual Maxwell equations with the 3D E and B are not in agreement with the special relativity. The 4-vectors E ^a and B ^a , as well-defined 4D quantities, are introduced instead of ill-defined 3D E and B. The proof is given in the tensor and the Clifford algebra formalisms.     

Experimental investigation of the anode region of a free-burning atmospheric-pressure inert-gas arc. II. Intermediate current regime—multiple anode constriction

This paper reports the experimental investigation of multiple anode constriction in atmospheric-pressure arcs in argon and xenon. The investigations were carried out in a free-burning arc with water-cooled electrodes. Results are presented from spectroscopic measurements of the electron temperature and density in the arc column and near the anode in various regimes of burning. Analysis of the experimental data leads to the conclusion that the constriction occurs because of the development of an overheating instability near the anode due to the disruption of the balance between Joule heating of the plasma and its cooling via the emission of radiation. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 41–45 (January 1997)     

Theoretical study of molecular ordering in liquid crystals with the help of intermolecular interaction energy calculations

A theoretical analysis has been carried out to determine the molecular alignment of some nematic liquid crystals like DPAB (4, 4'-di-n-propoxy-azoxybenzene), EPAB (ethyl para-azoxybenzoate) and PAA (para-azoxyanisole). CNDO/2 method has been employed to evaluate the net atomic charge and atomic dipole components at each atomic centre of the molecules. Configurational energy has been computed using a modified Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation method at an interval of 1 Å in translation and 10° in rotation between a pair of DPAB molecules. On the basis of stacking, in-plane and terminal interaction energy calculations, all possible geometrical arrangements between a molecular pair have been considered. A comparative picture of molecular parameters like total energy, binding energy, total dipole moment etc., has been obtained. An attempt has been made to explain the nematogenic behaviour of liquid crystal and thereby develop a molecular model for liquid crystallinity.     

Design and Analysis of InGaN-GaN Modulation Doped Field-Effect Transistors (MODFETs) for Over 60 GHz Operation

A Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistor (MODFET) structure realized in InGaN-GaN material system is presented for the first time. An analytical model predicting the transport characteristics of the proposed MODFET structure is given in detail. Electron energy levels inside and outside the quantum well channel of the MODFET are evaluated. The two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) density in the channel is calculated by self-consistently solving Schrödinger and Poisson's equations simultaneously. Analytical results of the current-voltage and transconductance characteristics are presented. The unity-current gain cutoff frequency (f _T) of the proposed device is computed as a function of the gate voltage V _G . The results are compared well with experimental f _T value of a GaN/AlGaN HFET device. By scaling the gate length down to 0.25 m the proposed InGaN-GaN MODFET can be operated up to about 80GHz. It is shown in this paper that InGaN-GaN system has small degradation in f _T as the operating temperature is increased from 300°K to 400°K.     

Characterization and Optimization of a Resonant Cavity Enhanced P-i-N Photodiode Response

This paper presents linear pulse response of a Resonant Cavity Enhanced (RCE) P-i-N fotodiode. The RCE P-i-N photodiode designed for high-speed aplication is analysed for various submicron thicknesses of absorption layer, bias voltages, active areas and incident pulse optical excitations. The results are obtained by numerical simulation of the complete phenomenological model for two valley semiconductor. Great enhancement of the quantum efficiency and the product bandwidth-quantum efficiency, is obvious from obtained results for this photodiode type.     

Angular momentum dependence of the giant dipole resonance width in excited nuclei of mass

Gamma ray spectra in the energy range of 4–25 MeV were measured in the reaction ²⁸Si + ¹²⁴Sn at E(²⁸Si) 150 MeV in coincidence with low energy γ-multiplicities. The spectra were analysed using a simulated Monte Carlo CASCADE code. The centroid energy and width of the giant dipole resonance were extracted for various multiplicity windows. The average angular momentum and temperature of the final states populated after the giant dipole photon emission range from 25 and 1.5 MeV to 56 and 1.3 MeV, respectively. The extracted widths are almost constant for the lower multiplicity windows and show an increase of 1.4 MeV at the highest window. The nuclei are expected to be near the liquid drop regime and the experimental results are not inconsistent with the liquid drop behaviour.     

Q波段回旋行波管宽带高平均功率输出窗设计与热分析

利用场匹配理论建立传输级联矩阵的方法对多层窗片结构输出窗进行研究,通过大量的数值计算给出Q波段回旋行波管一种新型中间风冷结构输出窗的参数,然后通过数值计算和HFSS仿真验证,该新型输出窗在46~50GHz范围内,S11反射系数小于-20dB。在此基础上进一步对该输出窗进行热分析,热分析表明:新型输出窗窗片中心与边缘温差与传统输出窗相比大幅下降,热应力大大减小,提高了输出窗的功率容量。回旋行波管工作在TE01模式时,新型输出窗获得的最大饱和功率容量达到90kW,与传统输出窗相比,功率容量提高了21.8kW。     

Reply to criticisms of theB (3) field

The confusion and self-contradiction among recent critics of theB ⁽³⁾ (Evans-Vigier) field are analysed. Barron [17] and Buckingham [18] assert that the field is zero by symmetry. Grimes [21] asserts that the field isnon-zero butfortuitous. Lakhtakia in one paper [19] asserts thatB ⁽³⁾ isnon-zero butnot fundamental, and in a second paper that it isunknowlable and therefore may as well be zero. A rebuttal is given of each the individual papers, and it is shown that the Evans-Vigier field is the fundamental magnetizing field of electromagnetic radiation.     

Magnetization of an electron plasma by microwave pulses: Faraday induction

It has been argued theoretically that the recently proposed vacuum fieldB ⁽³⁾ is not accompanied by a real electric fieldE ⁽³⁾ . Experimental evidence for this interence is available in the data reported by Deschampset al. [10], using microwave magnetization of an electron plasma set up in helium gas. Faraday induction due toB ⁽³⁾ does not occur in the inert gas and is not observed experimentally in the absence of free electrons. WheneverB ⁽³⁾ interacts with free electrons, however, Faraday induction occurs through a pulse of induced magnetization (i.e., induced orbital electronic angular momentum).