Experimental study of an FEM with a microwave system of a new type

Operability of the wide-band reflector based on the effect of microwave beams multiplication was tested in the “hot” experiment. A microwave system of the new type including such a reflector was used in a free electron maser (FEM)-oscillator with a guide magnetic field. The high-current accelerator “Sinus-6” forming a 500 keV/120 A electron beam was used as the FEM driver. The double-resonance regime, when both the undulator and the cyclotron resonance conditions were fulfilled simultaneously, provided maximum output power 7 MW and electron efficiency 12% at the designed frequency 45 GHz     

Theory and design of a free-electron maser with two-dimensional feedback driven by a sheet electron beam

The use of two-dimensional Bragg resonators of planar geometry, realizing two-dimensional (2D) distributed feedback, is considered as a method of producing spatially coherent radiation from a large sheet electron beam. The spectrum of eigenmodes is found for a 2D Bragg resonator when the sides of the resonator are open and also when they are closed. The higher selectivity of the open resonator in comparison with the closed one is shown. A time-domain analysis of the excitation of an open 2D Bragg resonator by a sheet electron beam demonstrates that a single-mode steady-state oscillation regime may be obtained for a sheet electron beam of width 100-1000 wavelengths. Nevertheless, for a free-electron maser (FEM) with a closed 2D Bragg resonator, a steady-state regime can also be realized if the beam width does not exceed 50-100 wavelengths. The parameters for a FEM with a 2D planar Bragg resonator driven by a sheet electron beam based on the U-2 accelerator (INP RAS, Novosibirsk) are estimated and the project is described.     

Nonlinear analysis of wiggler taper, node competition, andspace-charge effects for a 280-GHz free electron laser

The nonlinear characteristics of a 280-GHz free electron laser (FEL) are simulated by numerical computation. The three-dimensional set of coupled nonlinear differential equations is solved for a set of TE and TM modes valid for the high gain Compton regime. The use of a nonlinear taper for efficiency enhancement, the sensitivity of gain to competing mode power levels, space-charge effects, and the effect of electron beam source distributions on gain and efficiency are examined for a 10-MeV, 3-kA beam. It is found that the nonlinear taper greatly enhances the gain and efficiency and makes the saturation power levels relatively insensitive to the competing mode power levels. The efficiency is increased to 48% by means of a nonlinear taper in which the 3-D and wiggler-averaged codes are compared and the effects of space charge are found to reduce the efficiency to a level of 32%. The effect of beam quality in terms of the four volume phase space is examined and found to have an observable effect at this wavelength     

High efficiency, phase-locked operation of the harmonic-multiplyinginverted gyrotwystron oscillator

The inverted gyrotwystron (phigtron) is a millimeter wave frequency-doubling amplifier that has been demonstrated to produce over 300 kW peak power at twice the input frequency (centered at f_in =16.85 GHz and f_out=33.7 GHz) over a 0.5% bandwidth with a saturated gain of 30 dB and efficiency greater than 35%. The device has also been studied both theoretically and experimentally in a different operating regime where frequency-doubled, phase-locked oscillation is possible. A signal, injected via a fundamental gyro-traveling wave tube input section, modulated a 55 kV, 10 A electron beam. After transit through a drift section, the prebunched electron beam produced phase-locked, second harmonic oscillations in a TE₀₃ mode output cavity. RF output centered at either of two frequencies, 34.42 and 34.62 GHz, with a maximum output power of 180 kW, an efficiency of 32% and a locked signal gain of 35 dB was measured. A theoretical prediction of locking bandwidth, a design overview, and the experimental results are presented followed by a summary and discussion of the results     

光学速调管的研究

用毫米波段的光学速调管结构改进自由电子激光器的增益和效率.编制计算机模拟的程序,用来设计光学速调管装置.对于采用小周期摆动磁场的特定情况,片状电子束电压300keV,电流17A,摆动磁场周期3.7mm,工作频率300GHz,光学速调管的增益和效率分别计算为27.9dB和0.5%.若电子束电压为450keV,电流为25A,磁场周期为1cm,工作频率为160GHz,计算结果增益和效率分别为32dB和2.7%.     

The role of multielectrode geometry in the generation of pulsedintense electron beams in preionization-controlled open-endedhollow-cathode transient discharges

High-voltage hollow-cathode glow discharges are used more and more to generate intense, pulsed electron beams. Such intense electron beams can be produced with high efficiency in preionization-controlled open-ended hollow-cathode transient discharges (PCOHC). This novel discharge is initiated by a low-current dc preionization discharge. The beam parameters are similar to those of the electron beam generated in pseudospark discharges. In this work, we present some measurements of the parameters for the electron beam generated by using a multielectrode (multigap) system instead of the single-gap device in this PCOHC configuration. This kind of multielectrode device was already used in pseudosparks to improve the intensity and collimation of the extracted beam. By using the multigap instead of the single gap, the total beam current (100-120 A) and the energetic part of the beam current (peak current 60-90 A and electron energies higher than approximately 3 keV) were substantially increased. However, the energy spectrum of the fast component has a large fraction of electrons at lower energies (4-10 keV for 26 kV breakdown voltage) when a multigap device is used instead of the single-gap configuration. A comparison between the single-gap and multigap PCOHC-produced pulsed intense electron beam is made too. The differences between the high-power pulsed electron beams produced in single-gap and multigap PCOHC configurations seem to be due to different developments of beam generation phases     

Amplification and superradiant emission from a 33.3 GHz freeelectron laser with a reversed axial guide magnetic field

A new regime of free-electron laser (FEL) operation using a helical wiggler field and a reversed axial guide magnetic field is reported. The orientation of the axial field is such as to oppose the electron rotation imparted by the helical field. The 33.3-GHz FEL amplifier is driven by a mildly relativistic electron beam (750 kV 300 A, 30 ns) and generates 61 MW of radiation with a 27% conversion efficiency. The results are compared with those obtained when the axial guide field is in its conventional orientation, where considerable loss of power and efficiency is observed     

正方形孔径纳米半球阵列提高LED光提取效率研究

为提高氮化镓(Ga N)基发光二极管(LED)的光提取效率,基于等效介质理论设计了底面100%占空比、半径为320 nm的正方形孔径纳米半球阵列。利用时域有限差分法(FDTD)对正方形孔径纳米半球阵列结构底面占空比、半径对光提取效率的影响进行了仿真计算研究。仿真结果表明:LED p-Ga N表面刻蚀半径为320 nm、底面占空比为100%的正方形孔径纳米半球阵列的光提取效率最优。采用电子束曝光配合热回流技术和ICP刻蚀完成正方形孔径纳米半球阵列的Ga N基LED制作及测试实验。结果表明:在20 m A和150 m A工作电流下,有微纳结构的LED较无微纳结构的参考样品的发光效率分别提高4.67倍和4.59倍,计算结果与实验结果比较一致,说明加入方形孔径纳米半球阵列可以有效提高LED光提取效率。     

X波段高功率高增益多注相对论速调管放大器设计

针对器件工程应用中的高功率高增益需求，设计了工作在X波段的高功率高增益多注相对论速调管放大器，建立了带输入、输出波导结构的三维整管模型。设计双边对称耦合孔输入腔结构，降低了输入波导对输入腔间隙电场均匀性的影响以抑制非均匀干扰模式；设计采用多腔多间隙群聚结构，降低了输入微波功率的需求，提高了器件放大增益；并且分析设计了多间隙扩展互作用微波提取结构，提高了器件的功率转换效率以及降低输出结构表面电场强度。通过优化设计，粒子模拟仿真实现X波段多注相对论速调管放大器输出微波功率达到3.2 GW，器件放大增益约为60 dB，功率转换效率约为40%。器件验证实验在电子束电压550 kV，电流5.1 kA的情况下，输出功率为0.99 GW，放大增益约为53 dB，转换效率约为35%。     

基于激光等离子体加速的自由电子激光研究新进展

激光等离子体加速器能够在cm尺度内产生GeV量级的高品质电子束,为研制台式化自由电子激光提供驱动源。但是受限于激光等离子体加速中的难点和现有技术发展,电子束的品质难以达到自由电子激光的需求,尤其在稳定性、发散角和能散等方面,阻碍了台式化自由电子激光的研制。介绍了基于激光等离子体加速器的自由电子激光的最新进展,整理了目前高增益自由电子激光实验过程中存在的主要挑战和对应的解决方案与实验进展,并展望未来的发展方向。最近的研究结果证明,通过控制和优化激光等离子体加速器的注入和加速过程产生的高品质电子束可以在指数增益区域实现自发辐射放大,产生高增益的辐射,这也推动基于激光等离子体加速器的自由电子激光研究进入了一个新的阶段。     

双波荡器自由电子激光理论

给出了双波荡器自由电子激光器的通用理论.在双波荡器自由电子激光器中,引入了一个周期长度非常接近主波荡器中电子束感应加速振荡周期的附加波荡器.推导出了一套自治方程组描述双波荡器中自由电子激光场演变过程,并分别给出了低增益、高增益和饱和三种情况下的解析解.研究表明,适当选择附加波荡器的参数,可以提高自由电子激光器的增益或转换效率     

S波段长脉冲相对论速调管放大器的实验研究

 介绍了S波段强流长脉冲相对论速调管放大器（RKA）的高频系统设计、长脉冲强流相对论电子束(IREB)的调制及微波提取等方面的实验研究结果。重点阐述了长脉冲IREB调制和输出微波中的自激振荡问题。通过采用高阶工作模式以及参差模式设置的谐振腔、提高系统安装的同心度和调节电子束参数等措施，使自激振荡得到了抑制。采用550 kV，4 kA及210 ns的环行电子束，经过优化调节RKA参数，使强流调制电子束流脉宽由50 ns增加到150 ns，同时得到了3.2 kA的基波调制电流。从该RKA得到了峰值功率580 MW、脉宽140 ns的输出微波，束波转换效率26%，增益34 dB。     

X-band dielectric Cerenkov maser amplifier experiment

An X-band dielectric Cerenkov maser amplifier experiment is reported. The amplifier system consisted of a solid, thermionically generated electron beam propagating through a cylindrical waveguide partially filled with an annular, dielectric liner. The input signal was provided by a tunable (9-10.3 GHz) magnetron with power up to 10 kW. Electron beam voltages and currents of up to 250 kV and 100 A could be generated for 1 μs pulse durations. The system was configured to operate in the TM₀₁ mode of the dielectric-lined waveguide. In this experiment the gain of the system with respect to the length of the dielectric liner was studied at a fixed input frequency of 10.3 GHz. At electron beam parameters of 160 kV and 60 A, a power gain of 24 dB over 56 cm of interaction length was measured for an input power of 4.5 kW, corresponding to a maximum RF amplified power of 1.15 MW and 12% efficiency     

Moderately relativistic high-harmonic gyrotrons formillimeter/submillimeter wavelength band

A large orbit gyrotron with a 300 keV, 30 A, 20 ns electron beam has provided selective generation with radiation power from 1.5 MW at fundamental (wavelength of 14 mm) to 100 kW at the fifth cyclotron harmonic (wavelength of 4 mm). The next experiment with a unique electron beam (250 keV, 18 A, 10 μs, 0.6 mm in diameter) is in progress     

Low-impedance plasma systems for generation of high-current low-energy electron beams

The results of experimental investigation and numerical modeling of the generation of low-energy (tens of keV) high-current (up to tens of kA) electron beams in a low-impedance system consisting of a plasma-filled diode with a long plasma anode, an auxiliary hot cathode, and an explosive emission cathode. The low-current low-voltage beam from the auxiliary cathode in an external longitudinal magnetic field is used to produce a long plasma anode, which is simultaneously the channel of beam transportation by residual gas ionization. The high-current electron beam is formed from the explosive emission cathode placed in the preliminarily formed plasma. Numerical modeling is performed using the KARAT PIC code.     

脊加载螺旋槽行波管的小信号增益计算

脊加载螺旋槽行波管是一类新型毫米波大功率器件,给出了此结构中引入电子注后的“热”色散方程,并利用“牛顿”下山法求解了此复系数超越方程.通过数值计算给出了一个工作电压为20kV频率为474GHz的脊棱加载慢波结构的具体尺寸,并对此结构中小信号增益随脊尺寸的变化情况及电子注参数对其影响进行了研究,计算结果表明：此结构适宜于作为高增益窄带毫米波大功率行波管的慢波线,其3dB增益带宽为34%;为了展宽其工作带宽,可以适当减小间隙宽度,也可在一定范围内提高电子注电流.给出的理论对于研制此类行波管具有一定的指导意 关键词：     

Effect of the nonlinear compression of ultrashort microwave pulses in the process of the amplification by quasistationary electron beams

An effect of the nonlinear compression of ultrashort microwave pulses has been observed in the process of the amplification of quasistationary electron beams. The Cherenkov mechanism of the interaction of a rectangular electron beam with a decelerated wave in a waveguide partially filled with an insulator is used. The experiment has been conducted on a setup consisting of two synchronized RADAN high-current accelerators. The first accelerator supplied a generator of 37-GHz superradiance pulses with a duration of about 300 ps. The second accelerator with a beam current of up to 1.2 kA and an electron energy of about 300 keV was used in an amplifying section. The theoretical analysis shows that the amplification of the electromagnetic pulses (at least by a factor of 4 in the power) is accompanied by a strong decrease in their duration (down to 100 ps).     

强流短脉冲相对论速调管放大器实验研究

 利用无箔空心石墨阴极和0.65T的脉冲引导磁场，从Sinus加速器二极管引出了电压约750kV、电流约8.6kA、脉宽40ns的环形电子束，经过输入腔和中间腔间隙调制后,得到了7kA/43ns的基波调制电流，经过输出腔间隙后，得到了2.1GW/15ns的最大微波输出功率，束波转换效率33％，最高增益为40dB,并发现脉冲缩短现象。     

Electron trajectory evaluation in laser-plasma interaction for effective output beam

Using the ellipsoidal cavity model, the quasi-monoenergetic electron output beam in laser-plasma interaction is described. By the cavity regime the quality of electron beam is improved in comparison with those generated from other methods such as periodic plasma wave field, spheroidal cavity regime and plasma channel guided acceleration. Trajectory of electron motion is described as hyperbolic, parabolic or elliptic paths. We find that the self-generated electron bunch has a smaller energy width and more effective gain in energy spectrum. Initial condition for the ellipsoidal cavity is determined by laser-plasma parameters. The electron trajectory is influenced by its position, energy and cavity electrostatic potential.     

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