Electric field simulation and measurement of a pulse line ion accelerator

An oil dielectric helical pulse line to demonstrate the principles of a Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (PLIA) has been designed and fabricated. The simulation of the axial electric field of an accelerator with CST code has been completed and the simulation results show complete agreement with the theoretical calculations. To fully understand the real value of the electric field excited from the helical line in PLIA, an optical electric integrated electric field measurement system was adopted. The measurement result shows that the real magnitude of axial electric field is smaller than that calculated, probably due to the actual pitch of the resister column which is much less than that of helix.     

Electromagnetic simulation study of dielectric wall accelerator structures

Two types of dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) structures, a bi-polar Blumlein line and zero integral pulse line (ZIP) structures were investigated. The high gradient insulator simulated by the particle in cell code con rms that it has little in uence on the axial electric field. The results of simulations using CST microwave studio indicate how the axial electric field is formed, and the electric eld waveforms agree with the theoretical one very well. The in uence of layer-to-layer coupling in a ZIP structure is much smaller and the electric eld waveform is much better. The axial of the Blumlein structure's electric field has better axial stability. From both of the above, it found that for a shorter pulse width, the axial electric field is much higher and the pulse stability and delity are much better. The CST simulation is very helpful for designing DWA structures.     

Experimental investigation of a pulse line ion accelerator in Lanzhou

In order to put the Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (PLIA) concept to its practical application, a small experimental platform was built. It was found that the actual axial electric field is smaller than the theoretical calculation, so the accelerated ions will enter into the deceleration zone before leaving the helix, which will seriously affect the acceleration process. Based on the improved parameters, the He⁺ with 24 keV is accelerated to 55 keV, and the proof-of-principle experiment is completed on this platform.     

Simulation and experimental study of the solid pulse forming lines for dielectric wall accelerator

Two types of pulse forming lines for dielectric wall accelerator (DWA) were investigated preliminarily. By simulation with CST Microwave Studio, the results indicate the pulse forming process, which can help to understand the voltage wave transmission process and optimize the line parameters. Furthermore, the principle of the pulse forming process was proved by experiments and some excellent pulse waveforms were obtained. During the experiments, the Blumlein line and zero integral pulse (ZIP) forming line, constructed with aluminum foil, poly plate and air gap self-closing switch, were tested. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the waveform is 16 nanoseconds (BL) and 17 nanoseconds (ZIP line),and the formed pulse voltage amplitude is 5 kV (BL) and +2.2 kV/ - 1.6 kV (ZIP line). The experiments result coincides well with the simulation.     

低能强流电子加速器的研制

中国科学院近代物理研究所在现有DG系列电子加速器技术的基础上,通过改进加速结构,研制了一台低能强流电子加速器,其设计指标为500 keV/150 mA。该加速器采用高压发生器倒置的结构,并增加了中磁圆盘,提高了电能转换效率。采用了较短的加速管结构,有利于强流电子束的传输,同时使加速器整体更为紧凑。加速器束流调试结果为500 kV/170 mA,完全优于设计指标。     

The test pulse line ion accelerator in Lanzhou

To accelerate intense, short pulsed heavy ion beams to the energies of interest for studies of high energy density physics and warm dense matter, the Pulse Line Ion Accelerator (PLIA), of which the axial acceleration gradient can achieve several MeV per meter with realistic helix parameters at very low cost, was developed in recent years. A simple prototype of PLIA for a proof-of-principle experiment called the Lanzhou Test PLIA was designed and constructed at the Institute of Modern Physics in Lanzhou, and the test result matches the calculated result well. The pattern of the axial electric field Ez and the velocity of the traveling wave were simulated by CST.     

大功率高压电子加速器能量脉动测量

电子加速器能量脉动的大小是影响电子加速器稳定可靠运行的重要因素之一。利用R-C串联方法测量能量脉动的结果说明电子加速器的能量脉动测量存在磁场干扰。采用有限元法数值计算了电子加速器中高压发生器结构改动前后的磁场干扰值的大小,通过对高压发生器结构的改,最后测量到较真实的能量脉动系数。说明用这种高压发生器的三相电子加速器所产生的能量脉动系数可以满足电子加速器正常工作的要求,可以确定能量脉动系数太大不是加速器在强流工作时稳定性变差的主要原因。 he Ripple coefficient is one of the important factor for the stability of industrial high voltage electron accelerator. Accelerator can’t work well when the ripple coefficient is high. The increment of the measured ripple values becomes very large with the increase of the accelerator load current. From the simulation with finite element method of high voltage generator,we found that the leakage magnetic field was the most important reason for the results of ripple measurement. The ripple was measured after changing the frame of the high voltage generator to suppress the leakage magnetic field. It can be concluded that the actual value is acceptable to the accelerator and the measured high ripple coefficient is not the reason of malfunction of this high power electron accelerator.