Performance characteristics of a high-power X-bandtwo-cavity gyroklystron

The operating characteristics of a two-cavity X-band gyroklystron experiment are reported. Beam voltages and currents up to 440 kV and 200 A, respectively, are generated in 1 μs pulses by a thermionic magnetron injection gun. Velocity ratios (ν_⊥ /ν_z) near one in the output cavity are used to achieve peak powers of 24 MW near 9.87 GHz. The maximum saturated efficiency of more than 33% occurs at a beam voltage of 425 kV and a current of 150 A. A large signal gain in excess of 34 dB is realized by operating the input cavity just below the start oscillation threshold. Details of tube stability and the dependence of amplification on magnetic field profile, input signal parameters, and various beam quantities are presented     

等梯度加速结构瞬时束流负载效应的计算

本文从能量守恒定律出发,对应于等梯度加速结构,推导出瞬时束流负载一般解的解析表达式.特别对应于热阴极微波枪做为注入器的情形,此时脉冲内电流随时间线性增加,首次给出这时的束负载效应的解析公式.对北京自由电子激光器的加速器系统,给出数值计算结果,可以看到由于脉内电流的增长导致脉内束能量下降的程度.     

北京自由电子激光装置的设计研究

北京自由电子激光装置(BFEL)是一台工作在中红外区的康普顿型FEL振荡器。由一台30MeV的射频电子直线加速器提供电子束。特点之一是用微波电子枪作为高亮度注入器。本文首先概述了BFEL的一般情形和物理参数.接着用解析公式和模拟的方法论证了电子束的设计目标和激光器的运转特征。最后阐述了BFEL各部分采取的技术路线的特点,内容包括微波枪、加速器和微波系统、调制器、输运系统、摇摆磁铁、光学腔、电子束诊断、准直、自发辐射和激光实验。     

Experimental studies of microwave amplification in the ion-focusedregime

Studies of microwave amplification with an in-focused electron beam drawn from an induction injector are reported. A free-electron laser (FEL) operating at 9.4 GHz and employing ion-focusing within the interaction region has achieved power in excess of 30 MW at 9.4 GHz, with a beam energy of 0.8 MeV and current of 0.7 kA. Peak gain is 20 dB/m, with no saturation after 15 wiggler periods. Also reported are the first evolution and detuning data for an ion-channel laser/maser (ICL). Two shortcomings of the prematurely halted ICL studies are poor frequency discrimination and a large axial plasma gradient. Prospects for operation with an upgraded 1.6 MeV accelerator are discussed     

8 mm三次谐波潘尼管大回旋电子枪设计

根据现有磁体条件和工艺设计了一过渡区较长的倒向磁场系统,其主磁场为0.396 T,反向磁场为-0.033 T,并给出了一种实用8 mm三次谐波潘尼管电子枪的设计结果。该大回旋电子枪工作在43.5 kV,1.45 A下,阴极可置于轴向磁场幅值渐减区域。该结构电子枪不追求在通过反转点之前形成薄的环形电子束,不利用突变倒向磁场,不需要刻意控制磁力线与电子注包络走向的一致性,显著降低了调试的难度和要求。最终优化所得电子注的纵向速度零散为4.78%,偏心率为7.18%,速度比高达2.2,而速度比的零散仅为4.88%,满足三次谐波潘尼管的要求。经大信号模拟计算,在该电子枪驱动下,潘尼管器件功率可达31.9 kW,效率高达49.4%,总体参量仍具有吸引力且建立在可实现的电子光学系统基础上。     

Electron Optic System of Powerful Large Orbit Gyrotron with Pulse Magnetic Field

Short-pulse powerful Large Orbit Gyrotron with total electron energy about 400 kV and beam power in the cavity up to 100 MW is now under developing at FIR FU. Suitable for 200 ns pulse duration electron-optic system is analyzed. Results of numerical simulation for explosion emission cusp-type electron guns and magnetic field intensity about 8 T are presented. Sensitivity of the guns to small deviations from the nominal operating regime is investigated. Some versions of the gun with different accelerating potential as well as different beam current passing through the cavity (60-300A) are suggested. Current reduction simplifies the problems of mode competition and potential depression in the cavity, but at the same time decrease output power. To diminish current special diaphragms are suggested. Results of numerical simulation of collector corresponding to each version of the gun design including power density distributions along its surface are presented. It is shown that beam quality and collector regimes are suitable for LOG operation.     

超快电子衍射装置的束流能量反馈控制

上海交通大学的超快电子衍射(UED)装置由一台电子直线加速器作为驱动,电子枪为一台光阴极微波电子枪。加速器在运行中电子枪会偶尔打火,腔体失谐,造成束流损失,束流能量产生变化,束流需要很长时间才能恢复到初始状态,影响了用户的使用。为此,对低电平控制器(LLRF)的幅度相位控制环路进行了改进,增加了能量反馈,代替了幅度反馈,通过对束流的中心位置进行实时的反馈以控制低电平控制器输出信号的幅度,保证了电子束流的能量稳定和电子枪加速场强的稳定。长时间的稳定性测试表明,电子枪在打火产生时,束流能量可以很快恢复,能量抖动由4.2933×10^-4(RMS)提高到2.8557×10^-4(RMS),实现了束流能量的长期稳定。     

双阳极磁控注入枪设计参数对其性能的影响分析

 对34GHz基波回旋管双阳极磁控注入枪的优化做了详细的研究和计算，数值模拟了阳极电压、注电流、枪体尺寸加工误差、外加直流磁场等因素对电子枪的影响。模拟结果表明：增大阳极电压不但可以提高速度比，而且可以降低横向速度零散。磁场压缩比减小，使电子注具有最小速度零散的电流值增大；同时，电子注的速度比降低，最小横向速度零散值也增大。必须慎重选择阳极形状，以提高电子枪的性能并保证电子注的稳定性；同时，还发现由于阳极结构的变化导致阴极电场分布的变化，使电子注的注电流在各因子变化过程中出现了微小的扰动。减小Bc可以增大电子注的速度比，还可以减小电子注的横向速度零散，但是当电子注的速度比增大到一定值时，电子注的性能就会变得不太稳定。     

Improvement of the helical electron beam quality and the gyrotron efficiency by controlling the electric field distribution near a magnetron injection gun

A technique for controlling the electric field distribution near the cathode of a magnetron injection gun is developed. The feasibility of improving the quality of a helical electron beam by optimizing the electric field distribution in a pulsed 4-mm-wave gyrotron is studied theoretically and experimentally. Field distributions are obtained that minimize the electron velocity spread in the beam, coefficient of electron reflection from a magnetic mirror, and intensity of parasitic low-frequency oscillations. It is demonstrated that the gyrotron efficiency can be increased through a rise in the beam quality at the optimized electric field distribution.     

热阴极微波电子枪的改进设计

 北京自由电子激光目前所用热阴极微波电子枪输出的电子束，在经过加速管加速后，位于微波脉冲前沿的电子束团存在能量偏高的现象，使得这部分电子无法对FEL增益做贡献。根据实验数据，分析了造成该现象的原因，提出一种可行的改进措施，即通过降低微波谐振腔的品质因数缩短建场时间，来消除该现象，以便提高整个装置的输出性能。     

Study on CYCIAE-100 radiation field and residual radioactivity

The accelerators should be properly designed to make the radiation field produced by beam loss satisfy the dose limits. The radiation field for high intensity H- cyclotron includes prompt radiation and residual radiation field. The induced radioactivity in accelerator components is the dominant source of occupational radiation exposure if the accelerator is well shielded. The source of radiation is the beam loss when cyclotron is operating. In this paper, the radiation field for CYCIAE-100 is calculated using Monte Carlo method and the radioactive contamination near stripping foil is studied. A method to reduce the dose equivalent rate of maintenance staff is also given.     

大功率辐照加速器的研制

介绍了10MeV/20kW大功率辐照加速器的设计. 该加速器采用返波型行波加速结构加速管, 综合了常规行波加速结构微波反射小、频率稳定性好和驻波加速结构分流阻抗高的优点. 加速器工作于S波段, 中心频率为~2856MHz. 利用自编的模拟程序AccDesign进行物理设计, 设计输出电子束能量为10MeV, 脉冲流强300mA, 加速管总长1.5m, 模拟计算结果显示微波至电子束的转换效率为66%. 同时利用计算机仿真程序对加速腔的温度和应力分布进行了计算, 得到了微波功率损耗对加速腔频率的影响.     

Scaling studies and time-resolved microwave measurements on arelativistic backward-wave oscillator

A relativistic backward-wave oscillator (BWO) operating at a frequency near 8 GHz has been built. The parameters of the 60-ns electron beam driving this microwave source are varied over the ranges 0.8-1.5 MV and 2-10 kA. Several different annular cathodes for launching the electron beam are tried, varying the outer radius and shape. The axial magnetic field guiding the beam through the BWO is varied between 0.6 and 3 T. The power transfer downstream to an output waveguide is investigated as a function of the shape of the transition from the BWO to the waveguide. The scaling of the output power and frequency with these variations is discussed. Time-resolved measurements of 2-ns-long segments of the microwave output are shown. In observations of the microwave signal, it is found that the frequency shifts as the output power envelope passes through a sharp dip. It is proposed that this shift corresponds to a change in the longitudinal operating mode of the BWO     

微脉冲电子枪的初步实验研究

给出了微脉冲电子枪的模拟计算及其初步实验结果. 该电子枪采用铜铝镁合金作为冷阴极材料, 在以磁控管作为微波功率源的出束实验中得到了100mA/cm²的电流密度.实验结果与次级电子倍增解析计算和SEEG程序的模拟计算结果基本符合, 初步验证了微脉冲电子枪的基本原理, 为今后实验中得到更大的电流密度打下了基础.     

Experimental investigation of backward wave oscillator with low magnetic field

A backward wave oscillator (BWO) is introduced in the paper. On the accelerator of Simus-700,it is experimentally investigated. Under the condition that the electron energy is 740 keV, the beam current is 7 kA and the guiding magnetic field is at 0.68 T, the performance of 1.15 GW microwave output power at 9.1 GHz microwave frequency with 22 ns pulse width and 22% conversion efficiency are reached.     

The Experimental Study of Novel Pseudospark Hollow Cathode Plasma Electron Gun

The high-power microwave devices with plasma-filled have unique properties. One of the major problems associated with plasma-filled microwave sources is that ions from the plasma drift toward the gun regions of the tube. This bombardment is particularly dangerous for the gun, where high-energy ion impacts can damage the cathode surface and degrade its electron emission capabilities. One of the techniques investigated to mitigate this issue is to replace the material cathode with plasma cathode. Now, we study the novel electron gun (E-gun) that can be suitable for high power microwave device applications, adopting two forms of discharge channel, 1: a single hole channel, the structure can produce a solid electron beam; 2: porous holes channel, the structure can generate multiple electronic injection which is similar to the annular electron beam.     

一台2.45GHz强流中子源

A 2.45GHz microwave-driven ion source is being used to provide 40mA of deuterium ion beam (peak current) for an RFQ accelerator as part of a neutron source system.We have also designed a 60kV electrostatic LEBT using computer simulations.In our experiment,we measured the hydrogen and deuterium ion beam currents as functions of discharge power,gas flow,and magnetic field strength.The required beam current was obtained using leas than 700W of net microwave power with a gas flow of less than 1.5sccm.From the rise time data,it was determined that in order to obtain a high percentage of atomic ions in the beam, the beam extraction should start after 1ms of switching on the microwave power.At steady state,the proton fraction was above 90%.     

High-power microwave generation using a ferroelectric cathodeelectron gun

A two-stage 500 kV 200-A ferroelectric electron gun has been designed, fabricated, tested, and used in a high power microwave amplifier experiment. We report on the operational characteristics of the gun including measurements of the beam dynamics. The optimum conditions for application of the trigger and its timing are also reported. Faraday cup measurement shows that the beam radius is 4.1 mm, in good agreement with simulation. The gun is designed for use in traveling-wave tube amplifiers, and testing of an X-band amplifier driven by the gun is reported. A peak output power of 5.9 MW has been observed from a single stage amplifier driven by a 100 A. 450 kV beam. This corresponds to energy converging efficiency of 13.1% and is the first observation of high power (~MW) microwave generation using the beam generated from a ferroelectric cathode,