新型虚阴极振荡器的研究

 采用小信号理论，在考虑到透射、反射束电子不同作用下，分析了虚阴极振荡器产生微波的机制，获得了计算微波主频的方法，讨论了增强束波作用效率的方法，并提出一种新型结构的虚阴极振荡器。该振荡器的阳极后放置了一个谐振腔，谐振腔长度很小，虚阴极不能在其中形成，谐振腔受到反射电子束激励并建立强场，场对入射电子进行调制，同时采用同轴结构引出微波。利用2.5D PIC 程序对新型的结构进行了数值模拟，验证了理论分析的正确性。在入射电子束电子能量为520keV和电子束流12.5kA的条件下，获得微波平均功率为1GW，频率为3.66GHz，平均束波转换效率为15.3%。     

虚阴极振荡器中束流质量影响的粒子模拟

 采用二维半全电磁PIC程序对轴向提取反馈式虚阴极振荡器中束流质量影响进行了模拟研究。结果表明：上凸前沿可使虚阴极振荡器达到饱和振荡的时间缩短，束脉冲前沿对微波饱和功率基本无影响；束流脉宽应大于16ns；当能散度为5%时，束波转换效率从单能束时的3.8%降至1.5%；束流质量（除能散度外）对微波频率基本上没有影响。     

阶跃波导虚阴极振荡器数值模拟研究

 对一种阶跃波导虚阴极振荡器进行了数值模拟研究。结果表明阶跃波导长度对高功率微波的产生具有较大的影响；阶跃波导的等效圆柱腔谐振频率与阶跃波导长度和半径有关，当其接近二极管的本征振荡频率时，可以获得比较单一的微波频谱和效率较高的微波输出；微波产生效率随阶跃波导长度呈周期性变化。     

平板型虚阴极振荡器频率特性实验研究

 介绍了在“闪光二号”加速器上开展平板型虚阴极高功率微波振荡器频率特性实验研究的结果及分析。结果表明：平板型虚阴极振荡器表现出多频特性,且在微波脉宽内频率随时间变化;其频率分布在C波段和X波段,主频在C波段;主频由虚阴极自身振荡产生并且等于局部电子束的相对论等离子体频率,主频与二极管间隙电压有弱的依赖关系,与二极管间距成反比,而与阴极尺寸和阳极材料关系不大。     

Dynamics of an electron beam with a virtual cathode in a vircator without a magnetic field and with drift space filled by neutral gas

The physical processes in a vircator without an external magnetic field and with a drift space filled by neutral gas are studied. Three typical dynamic regimes are found: (1) the suppression of virtual cathode oscillations, (2) pulse generation, in which the suppression and resumption of virtual cathode oscillations are observed, and (3) continuous virtual cathode generation. The frequency dynamics of the vircator’s output radiation is investigated for the last case, and it is shown that the generation frequency of the vircator can rise when the gas pressure exceeds a certain critical value.     

Analysis of 90° pulsed magnetization signals of ferrite-garnet films with easy plane-type anisotropy

The results from a numerical analysis of 90° pulsed magnetization signals of ferrite-garnet films with easy plane-type anisotropy are discussed. The possibility of nonlinear magnetization oscillations occurring at a magnetizing pulse front several times greater than the oscillation period is shown. The results from the calculations describe the actual shape of the longitudinal and transverse signals quite well. The calculated values of the oscillation frequency (∼500 MHz) are also in good agreement with the experimental data.     

新型准光腔同轴虚阴极振荡器的研究

 集合准光腔型虚阴极振荡器和同轴虚阴极振荡器的优点,设计了一种新型的准光腔同轴虚阴极振荡器。采用自由电磁振荡理论分析了3反射镜准光学谐振腔中的场分布,并用2.5维全电磁PIC程序对该器件进行了粒子模拟。在输入电压为600 kV,二极管电流为50 kA的条件下,得到主频为7.0 GHz,峰值功率超过6 GW的功率输出,其平均功率达2.5 GW,平均束波转换效率为8.3%。     

Linear frequency-modulated pulse compressor based on a three-mirror ring cavity

A pulse compressor using a three-mirror cavity is tested at a frequency of 34.27 GHz and a low power level. The cavity is fed by a wave beam reflected from the corrugated mirror. The fourfold compression of a rectangular chirp is reached with an efficiency of ≈60%.     

Influence of positive ions on oscillatory processes in an electron beam with virtual cathode

We numerically simulate the influence of positive ions on characteristics of the microwave oscillations in a nonrelativistic electron beam with the virtual cathode formed in a decelerating field (low-voltage vircator). A numerical scheme allowing for ionization of a residual gas by an electron flow is proposed. It is shown that the residual-gas ionization in the operating chamber of a low-voltage vircator leads to a forcing of the virtual cathode out of the transit gap and to a cutoff of microwave oscillations. The obtained numerical data are confirmed by an experimental study using a low-voltage vircator model. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 853–863, October 2006.     

大平面二极管虚阴极振荡器的宽脉冲微波辐射

给出了产生宽脉冲微波辐射的大平面天鹅绒二极管虚阴极振荡器的结构和测试装置，测得了二极管中阴－阳极等离子体的闭合速率为３０～４３ｋｍ／ｓ，获得了微波辐射的最大脉宽为１．５μｓ，产生的微波峰值功率约为１５ＭＷ，频率为０．５ＧＨＺ，指出这种平面二极管型虚阴极振荡器在辐射脉宽，辐射频率和辐射功率三者之间存在着物理上的制约关系，认为同轴型虚阴极振荡器是突破这种制约关系的一个新途径．     

A high power microwave vircator with an enhanced efficiency

A radially extracted vircator (virtual-cathode oscillator) with two identical opposite output ports is presented. The microwave modes propagating inside the WR650 output rectangular waveguide are determined by the calibrated E-probes lined up in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the WR650 waveguide. Velvet-covered cathodes are used to emit electrons. Several diameters of velvet are chosen to see how the emitting area effects microwave generation. Evidence of virtual cathode formation, onset of electron reflexing, and simultaneous microwave emission are discussed. This vircator is found to have the capability of generating a maximum 1.4 GW microwave pulse with the dominant frequency at 8.2 GHz. The radiation pattern is dominated by the TE₁₀ mode and the instantaneous efficiency for producing this microwave pulse is around 6±0.8%. Simple E-probes are applied to pick up the microwave signals inside the WR650 output rectangular waveguide     

Realization of intermode oscillations in open resonator of diffraction radiation generator

The results of an experimental study of oscillation interaction in the open resonator of a diffraction radiation generator (DRG) are presented. Interaction is obtained in the region of oscillation splitting in the electrodynamic system of the DRG in the diffraction-radiation mode. The possibility of improving the generator's frequency stability in the vicinities of Morse critical points is shown.Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1023–1031, November, 1993.     

Features of the formation of electron bunches upon the development of generation in multiwave Čerenkov devices

The dynamics of electron bunch formation are analyzed using data obtained by means of numerical simulation. It is shown that upon the development of microwave generation, electron bunches start to form in a relativistic flow in the first section of the electrodynamic structure. At the entrance to the second section, a complex structure of electron distribution over a longitudinal pulse is observed inside the bunch in the stationary mode of generation. It is concluded that the duration of a microwave radiation pulse can be increased by optimizing the length of the first section of the generator.     

Chaos and hyperchaos in a gyrotron

We study oscillation in a gyrotron with allowance for reflections from an output horn. Regions with different system behaviors, such as stationary oscillation, self-modulation, and complex-dynamics regimes are found in the parameter plane. The scenarios of appearance of chaotic oscillations are considered. It is shown that they can emerge via either a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations or destruction of quasiperiodic motion. For chaotic attractors, Lyapunov exponents are calculated and their dimensions are estimated on the basis of the Kaplan-Yorke formula. The dimension values turn out to be anomalously large, which is stipulated by the presence of a large number of high-Q eigenmodes in the gyrotron cavity due to operation near the cutoff frequency of an electrodynamic system. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 887–899, October 2006.     

反馈调制型同轴虚阴极振荡器

 对反馈调制型同轴虚阴极振荡器进行了理论分析和数值模拟研究,结果表明:该器件通过增加同轴谐振腔结构并引入反馈可以对入射电子束形成明显的调制效果,从而使得器件具有高束波转化效率和频率单一稳定的特性;同时输出微波的频率被器件结构中的同轴谐振腔锁定,调节腔参数可以在一定范围内对输出微波频率进行调谐;在二极管电压约为600 kV,电子束功率26.2 GW条件下,可以得到平均功率3.6 GW的微波输出,转换效率达到13.7%,主频为5.5 GHz,模式为TM₀₂模。     

Design of efficient single-stage chirped pulse difference frequency generation at 7 μm,driven by a dual wavelength Ti:sapphire laser

We present simulations for a design of a high-energy single-stage mid-IR difference frequency generation adapted to a two-color Ti:sapphire amplifier system. The optimized mixing process is based on chirped pulse difference frequency generation (CP-DFG), allowing for a higher conversion efficiency and reduced two-photon absorption losses. The numerical start-to-end simulations include stretching, chirped pulse difference frequency generation and pulse compression. Realistic design parameters for commercially available nonlinear crystals (GaSe, AgGaS₂, LiInSe₂, LiGaSe₂) are considered. Compared with conventional unchirped DFG directly pumped by Ti:sapphire technology, we predict a threefold increase in the quantum efficiency. Our CP-DFG scheme provides up to 340 μJ pulse energy directly at 7.2 μm when pumped with 8 mJ and supports a bandwidth of up to 350 nm. The resulting 240 fs mid-IR pulses are inherently phase stable.     

Generation of terahertz radiation during reflection of femtosecond laser pulses from a metal surface

The features of terahertz radiation generated upon oblique incidence of a femtosecond laser pulse on a metal surface are investigated theoretically. We propose a Cherenkov-type generation mechanism associated with excitation of low-frequency surface currents by a p-polarized optical field. The nonlinear surface currents and corresponding electrodynamic characteristics of low-frequency radiation are calculated analytically and by numerical simulation using the hydrodynamic model. The features of Cherenkov generation of terahertz radiation are analyzed, and techniques are proposed for increasing efficiency.     

新型高效率虚阴极振荡器

结合低磁场返波管振荡器和虚阴极振荡器的优点,设计了一个具有较高效率的虚阴极振荡器,通过添加半反射腔,使虚阴极在由阳极箔、波导和半反射腔组成的准谐振腔内形成,实现器件的高效率、高功率运行。当电子能量和束流分别为480keV和23kA时,采用2.5维粒子模拟(PIC)程序模拟得到频率为3.7GHz、功率为2.6GW的微波输出,器件束波转换效率约为23%。     

准光腔型虚阴极振荡器的研究

 介绍了准光腔型虚阴极振荡器。利用光学谐振腔标量波动理论，分析了准光学谐振腔的腔场特性；并采用二维半全电磁PIC程序对器件进行了粒子模拟，得到了主频为7.0GHz、平均功率超过1.3GW、以准高斯模为主的微波输出，束波作用平均转换效率接近10%。     

TM01模虚阴极振荡器实验研究

 在SPARK-04强流相对论电子束加速器上，对轴向反馈式虚阴极振荡器进行了实验研究，并采用远场测量方法对其激励的高功率微波辐射进行了测量，测得了微波辐射主模及辐射功率。结果表明：微波辐射主模为TM₀₁模，辐射功率大于500 MW，微波转换效率大于3%，辐射频率约3.6 GHz，微波脉宽大于20 ns。同时，采用单反射面Vlasov天线，实现了该器件所激励高功率微波的定向传输。