Dielectric effect on the rf characteristics of a helical groove travelling wave tube

A new type of partial-dielectric-loaded helical groove slow-wave structure (SWS) for millimetre wave travelling wave tube (TWT） is presented in this paper.The radio-frequency characteristics including the dispersion properties,the longitudinal electric field distribution and the beam-wave coupling impedance of this structure are analysed.The results show that the dispersion of the helical groove circuit is weakened,the phase velocity is reduced and the position of the maximum Ez is moved from the mouth to the inside of the groove after partially filling the dielectric materials in the helical groove SWS.Therefore,the dielectric-loaded helical groove SWS is suitable for a multi-beam TWT with broad band and high gain.     

Wave Propagation Along a Helical Step-Loaded Groove Waveguide

A new kind of helical groove structure, step-loaded groove waveguide is presented and analyzed in this paper. The dispersion equation of this structure is derived by means of a field-matching method. This equation may be reduced to the dispersion equation of helical ridge-loaded structure and rectangular one. In order to demonstrate the influence of the step on the dispersion properties, the comparison of the dispersion characteristics is made in these helical rectangular and modified rectangular groove structures. Form the analysis, it is shown that the step loading tends to reduce the dispersion of the helical groove circuit and the step-loaded structure has the weaker dispersion compared with the rectangular one or the ridge-loaded one. The effect of the step shape on the wave properties is also discussed under the deep groove case. The theoretical results explicitly indicate that the V-like step-loaded structure has the weakest dispersion in all step-loaded structures.     

Accurate analysis of arbitrarily-shaped helical groove waveguide

This paper presents a theory on accurately analysing the dispersion relation and the interaction impedance of electromagnetic waves propagating through a helical groove waveguide with arbitrary groove shape, in which the complex groove profile is synthesized by a series of rectangular steps. By introducing the influence of high-order evanescent modes on the connection of any two neighbouring steps by an equivalent susceptance under a modified admittance matching condition, the assumption of the neglecting discontinuity capacitance in previously published analysis is avoided, and the accurate dispersion equation is obtained by means of a combination of field-matching method and admittance-matching technique. The validity of this theory is proved by comparison between the measurements and the numerical calculations for two kinds of helical groove waveguides with different groove shapes.     

Investigation of the Dielectric-Loaded, Ridged Helical Groove Slow-Wave System for the Millimeter Wave TWT

A dielectric-loaded, ridged helical groove slow-wave structure for the millimeter wave traveling wave tube is presented in this paper. The effects of the groove depth, ridge dimensions and the dielectric permitivety on the wave propagating properties and the interaction impedance are investigated in detail. From the analysis, it is indicated that for broader band amplification in a helical groove travelling wave tube, a ridged helical structure with shallow groove and loaded by dielectric with proper relative permitivety may be applied.     

冲击作用下金属表面微喷射的分子动力学模拟

利用二维分子动力学程序,结合类紧束缚杂化多体势,研究冲击载荷下金属表面包含沟槽型缺陷的微喷射动力学过程.在产生微喷射以后,结果表明材料内部传播着两种波系:反射稀疏波和二次加载压缩波,其中,反射稀疏波波面与沟槽形状相似,而二次压缩波波面随沟槽夹角的变化而变化;并形成了两个压强区:负压区和正压区,负压区的存在表明材料中可能产生微损伤.同时,统计结果表明微喷射体的速度随沟槽半角增加而增加的趋势,微喷射体的粒子数随沟槽半角增大而减少的趋势,当沟槽半角大于60°,微喷射效应消失.以上计算结果可以定性说明射流是沟槽型 关键词： 冲击波 沟槽型缺陷 微喷射 分子动力学     

螺旋槽回旋行波管高频特性分析

 在Foulds等人对螺旋槽结构进行深入分析的基础上,考虑了槽区内高次模式对慢波结构高频特性的影响。结果表明：槽宽较小时,结论与其结论吻合较好; 槽宽较大时,计算结果与其有较大差别。此外,讨论了螺旋槽结构参数对高频特性的影响,结果表明：除槽宽外的其它结构参数固定时,存在一个最佳的δ/L值,可以获得较弱的色散和较大的横向场幅值,适合做回旋行波管互作用结构。     

Linear Theory of the Coaxial Ridge-Loaded Helical Groove Waveguide

The coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide, an all-metal slow-wave circuit, has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of millimeter TWTs. In this paper, the dispersion equation of the circuit with an annular electron beam is obtained according to self-consistent field theory. The influence of various electron beam parameters on the small signal gain is investigated and discussed by the numerical computation.     

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：     

Ka波段螺旋波纹波导回旋行波管

螺旋波纹波导回旋行波管与采用圆波导的回旋行波管相比,有较大的带宽。介绍了它的线性注波互作用理论,并用该理论计算了不同的磁场与波导表面微扰幅度对Ka波段螺旋波纹波导回旋行波管线性增益的影响。计算结果与已报道的实验结果基本符合,说明该理论可以初步确定螺旋波纹波导回旋行波管的各项参数。     

Investigation of the Half-Circular Helical Groove Slow-Wave Structure

As a new type all-metal slow-wave structure of the millimeter wave TWT, The helical groove has a lot of advantages: large power handling capability, large sizes, high precision and moderate bandwidth. Of the helical groove structure, the half-circular helical groove can achieve wider passband than the rectangular helical groove can do. The approximate and much simple matching method of the fields of the half-circular structure is presented in this paper. The more general expressions of the dispersion characteristic and coupling impedence, in which the fast-wave modes and slow-wave modes are considered simultaneously, are obtained. It is indicated from the results of the numerical calculation that choosing suitable dimensions of the structure and suppessing the backward wave osillation, this kind of slow-wave structure can operate over 50% hot relative bandwidth.     

加绕变升角宽频带椭圆螺旋天线

 椭圆螺旋天线的结构比传统的圆柱螺旋天线更加适合于卫星通信的终端,然而由于其圆极化特性变差而限制了其广泛应用。把改善轴向模螺旋天线辐射特性的两种方法结合起来应用于椭圆螺旋天线,提出了带有附加螺旋线的变升角轴向模椭圆螺旋天线。以一个5圈、短轴长轴之比为0.65的椭圆螺旋天线为例,用FEKO软件对其辐射特性进行了仿真。结果表明,这种方法提高了椭圆螺旋天线的方向性系数,同时具有较好的圆极化特性。在2.2~4.2 GHz频率范围内,最高增益为12.86 dB,比单绕均匀升角的椭圆螺旋天线提高了1.2 dB。     

同轴任意槽形周期圆波导慢波结构色散特性的研究

用阶梯近似的方法分析任意槽形加载的圆波导慢波系统，利用各阶梯相邻面的导纳匹配条件 以及中心互作用区与加载区的场匹配条件，获得了任意槽形加载周期慢波结构的统一色散方 程. 利用该色散方程，得到色散特性与CST MWS仿真软件模拟结果良好符合. 分别求解几种 特殊槽形加载慢波结构的色散特性及耦合阻抗，其中，三角形结构色散和耦合阻抗均最弱， 而倒梯形结构色散最强，耦合阻抗最大. 关键词： 任意槽形 慢波结构 色散特性 行波管     

The dispersive properties of a dielectric-rod loaded waveguide immersed in a magnetized annular plasma

Propagation properties of electromagnetic waves in a dielectric-rod waveguide immersed in a magnetized annular plasma are presented in this paper. The dispersion relations are derived and calculated. The results show that the dielectric-rod loading can make the structure less dispersive and the transmission frequency-band broadened.     

The Analysis of Hole-Gap Helical Groove Waveguide

The hole-gap helical groove waveguide, as a all-metal slow-wave circuit, has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of mm TWT. By means of an approximate field theory, the expressions of the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance of the hole-gap helical groove waveguide is obtained in this paper. The influence of various circuit dimensions on the dispersion relation and the coupling impedance is discussed by the numerical computation.     

A one-dimensional continuous model for carbon nanotubes

The two-dimensional (2D) continuous elastic energy model for isotropic tubes is reduced to a one-dimensional (1D) curvature elastic energy model strictly. This 1D model is in accordance with the Kirchhoff elastic rod theory. Neglecting the in-plane strain energy in this model, it is suitable to investigate the nature features of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with large deformations and can also reduce to the string model in [Z.C. Ou-Yang et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4055 (1997)] when the deformation is small enough. For straight chiral shapes, this general model indicates that the difference of the chiral angle between two equilibrium states is about π/6, which is consistent with the lattice model. It also reveals that the helical shape has lower energy for per atom than the straight shape has in the same condition. By solving the corresponding equilibrium shape equations, the helical tube solution is in good agreement with the experimental result, and super helical shapes are obtained and we hope they can be found in future experiments.     

行波管相位一致性的理论研究与计算机模拟

 采用行波管一维大信号非线性理论,建立了高频参数和外部工作状况零散模型,对影响增益、相位频率特性的主要因素进行了理论分析和数值计算,分析了如何合理地选择相位一致行波管工作点,为新近研制的相位一致行波管提供了计算机模拟并得到了很有价值的计算结果。     

Analysis of the Coaxial Ridge-Loaded Helical Groove Waveguide

The coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide is proposed in this paper. As an all-metal slow-wave circuit, it has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of millimeter TWT. By means of field theory, the expressions of the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance of the coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide are obtained. The influence of various circuit dimensions on the dispersion relation and the coupling impedance is investigated by the results of numerical computation.     

Statistical analysis of DNA duplex structures in solution derived by high resolution NMR

An initial statistical analysis has been performed on the helical parameters for the solution structures of three DNA duplexes recently solved in this laboratory by proton NMR. Local conformations in these structures belong to the B family of forms; nevertheless they display a strong sequence-dependent heterogeneity akin to that found in single crystals and by theoretical calculations. However, average helical parameters as well as their variations are quite different for short DNA fragments in solution and in crystal. Average helical twist in three NMR-refined oligonucleotides is 34.6°, in remarkable agreement with independent solution-state data, while helical twist is 36° for DNA in crystals. Other characteristic features of solution DNA conformations are negative slide, systematically open minor groove (for almost all sequences), and decreased helical rise. The latter, rather unexpected finding, is correlated with a surprisingly strong non-flatness of Watson-Crick base pairs. Deviations of base pairs from planarity proved to be a significant source of conformational variability; of particular importance is base stagger, which is often missed in structural analysis of DNA. Several new structural parameters have been introduced for dinucleotide steps, characterizing non-planar geometries of constituent base pairs; these parameters show a significant degree of correlation with traditional step parameters (twist, tillt roll, shift, slide, rise). Many sequence-dependent features are observed in solution structures; variation of roll and slide parameters occurs according to “Calladine’s rules”, while variation of helical twist appears to oppose them. However, a larger set of solution structures is needed to complete the analysis of sequence dependence of DNA conformation.     

Numerical modeling of a He-Zn laser with helical hollow cathode

A kinetic model is proposed for a He-Zn laser with a helical hollow cathode oscillating on the Zn II 758.8 nm line: The dependence of the laser output power and gain on the active medium parameters, excitation pulse shape and cavity is investigated theoretically. The results from the numerical calculations are in a good agreement with the experimental data.     

A traveling-wave stripline dipole antenna on a substrate lens at terahertz frequency

In this paper, a study of a stripline dipole antenna on a substrate lens used as a photoconductive detector in a terahertz system is presented. The traveling-wave behavior of the stripline dipole and the influence of the substrate lens are investigated over a broad frequency range up to 5.0 THz. The numerical results show that the lens shape represented by the ratio of the extension length to the lens radius plays an important role in maximizing the antenna gain and radiation spectral bandwidth. The gain response exhibited an increased level of sensitivity to the lens shape as the lens size increased, and this is particularly important in optimizing large substrate lenses. Improvements in the gain level over the entire frequency range of interest were observed as the lens diameter increased. This study provides helpful guidelines in choosing and optimizing a substrate lens designed for a terahertz photoconductive antenna, which is particularly useful for specific applications requiring a miniaturized photoconductive antenna design.