94 GHz回旋管过模波导模式转换与传输

 在耦合波理论的基础上,研究了94 GHz回旋管内置TE₀₃-TE₀₂-TE₀₁模式转换器和外接的TE₀₁-TE₁₁模式转换器。采用半径渐变微扰和轴线微扰几何结构以及不同的相位重匹配技术进行优化分析,得到了可靠的最优几何参量,设计出了紧凑、高效的94 GHz波纹波导模式转换器和蛇形线模式转换器。回旋管的热测实验中测出的模式样图表明,所设计的内置模式变换器有效地实现了TE₀₃-TE₀₂-TE₀₁的模式转换。     

94 GHz回旋管过模波导模式转换与传输

在耦合波理论的基础上,研究了94 GHz回旋管内置TE03-TE02-TE01模式转换器和外接的TE01-TE11模式转换器。采用半径渐变微扰和轴线微扰几何结构以及不同的相位重匹配技术进行优化分析,得到了可靠的最优几何参量,设计出了紧凑、高效的94 GHz波纹波导模式转换器和蛇形线模式转换器。回旋管的热测实验中测出的模式样图表明,所设计的内置模式变换器有效地实现了TE03-TE02-TE01的模式转换。     

Optimized overmoded TE01-to-TM11 mode converters for high-power millimeter wave applications at 70 and 140 GHz

Mode coupling in bent, oversized, smooth-wall circular waveguides was studied by means of numerical integration of coupled-mode differential equations in order to optimize high-power TE01-to-TM11 mode transducers at 70 GHz and 140 GHz. Such mode transformers are used in the mode conversion sequence TEOn to TE01 to TM11 to HE11 for generating the almost perfectly linearly polarized Gaussian-like HE11 mode from circular electric TEOn gyrotron modes. This quasi-optical HE11 hybrid mode is in many respects ideal for electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) of magnetically confined plasmas in thermonuclear fusion research and for other technical applications. Curvature and ellipticity coupling as well as ohmic attenuation of 6 coupled modes (TE01, TM11, TE11, TE12, TE21, TM21) are included in the coupling matrices. Integral expressions were used for deriving the coupling coefficients for arbitrary modes in bent, smooth-wall waveguide. Lowest level of unwanted spurious modes together with highest transmission efficiency (shortest arc length) is achieved with sinusoidal curvature distribution instaed of constant curvature. The calculated conversion efficiencies of 98.0% at 70 GHz and 95.2% at 140 GHz (interior waveguide diameter D=27.8 mm for 200 kW transmission lines) are in excellent agreement with the measured values of (97.6±0.4)% and (95±1)%, respectively.     

9.4 GHz过模光滑壁TE11HE11模式变换器设计

采用半径微扰的光滑壁圆波导产生HE11模,避免了常规微波领域中采用的波纹渐变转换器在高功率微波领域应用时易发生齿间打火的不足。采用基于模式耦合理论的迭代综合方法优化了不规则的半径渐变轮廓,使输出产生组成HE11模的混合模式。并通过全电磁波仿真软件进行了对比, 输出波束标量高斯含量在9.1~9.7 GHz范围内均高于99.5%,功率容量4.9 GW。     

Operational Characteristics of a 14-W 140-GHz Gyrotron for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

The operating characteristics of a 140-GHz 14-W long pulse gyrotron are presented. The device is being used in dynamic nuclear polarization enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (DNP/NMR) spectroscopy experiments. The gyrotron yields 14 W peak power at 139.65 GHz from the TE(0,3) operating mode using a 12.3-kV 25-mA electron beam. Additionally, up to 12 W peak has been observed in the TE(2,3) mode at 136.90 GHz. A series of mode converters transform the TE(0,3) operating mode to the TE(1,1) mode. Experimental results are compared with nonlinear simulations and show reasonable agreement. The millimeter-wave output beam was imaged in a single shot using a pyroelectric camera. The mode patterns matched reasonably well to theory for both the TE(0,1) mode and the TE(1,1) mode. Repeatable mode patterns were obtained at intervals ranging from 0.8 s apart to 11 min apart at the output of the final mode converter.     

9.4 GHz过模光滑壁TE11HE11模式变换器设计

采用半径微扰的光滑壁圆波导产生HE11模,避免了常规微波领域中采用的波纹渐变转换器在高功率微波领域应用时易发生齿间打火的不足。采用基于模式耦合理论的迭代综合方法优化了不规则的半径渐变轮廓,使输出产生组成HE11模的混合模式。并通过全电磁波仿真软件进行了对比, 输出波束标量高斯含量在9.1~9.7 GHz范围内均高于99.5%,功率容量4.9 GW。     

Continuous-Wave Operation of a 460-GHz Second Harmonic Gyrotron Oscillator

We report the regulated continuous-wave (CW) operation of a second harmonic gyrotron oscillator at output power levels of over 8 W (12.4 kV and 135 mA beam voltage and current) in the TE(0,6,1) mode near 460 GHz. The gyrotron also operates in the second harmonic TE(2,6,1) mode at 456 GHz and in the TE(2,3,1) fundamental mode at 233 GHz. CW operation was demonstrated for a one-hour period in the TE(0,6,1) mode with better than 1% power stability, where the power was regulated using feedback control. Nonlinear simulations of the gyrotron operation agree with the experimentally measured output power and radio-frequency (RF) efficiency when cavity ohmic losses are included in the analysis. The output radiation pattern was measured using a pyroelectric camera and is highly Gaussian, with an ellipticity of 4%. The 460-GHz gyrotron will serve as a millimeter-wave source for sensitivity-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (dynamic nuclear polarization) experiments at a magnetic field of 16.4 T.     

THz波段介质涂敷空芯金属圆波导的传输特性

针对THz波段介质涂敷空芯金属圆波导传输特性的精确分析问题,基于波导中场方程及边界条件建立关于传播常数的特征方程,并且采用改进的Muller法求解特征方程得到涂敷圆波导主模HE11模的传播常数。计算中对THz波段的非理想导体电导率采用经典弛豫效应模型。仿真结果表明：内径为1.8 mm的银波导,当聚苯乙烯涂敷层厚度为17 m时,HE11模在1.5~3.0 THz的衰减常数在1 dB/m以下,且具有较好的色散特性;内径为2.2 mm的银波导,在2.5 THz时其衰减常数随涂敷层厚度的增加先增大后减小,且存在最佳介质涂敷层厚度,可实现THz波低损耗传输。     

THz波段介质涂敷空芯金属圆波导的传输特性

针对THz波段介质涂敷空芯金属圆波导传输特性的精确分析问题,基于波导中场方程及边界条件建立关于传播常数的特征方程,并且采用改进的Muller法求解特征方程得到涂敷圆波导主模HE11模的传播常数。计算中对THz波段的非理想导体电导率采用经典弛豫效应模型。仿真结果表明:内径为1.8 mm的银波导,当聚苯乙烯涂敷层厚度为17 m时,HE11模在1.5~3.0 THz的衰减常数在1 dB/m以下,且具有较好的色散特性;内径为2.2 mm的银波导,在2.5 THz时其衰减常数随涂敷层厚度的增加先增大后减小,且存在最佳介质涂敷层厚度,可实现THz波低损耗传输。     

波瓣波导谐振腔太赫兹回旋管的研究

以电子回旋脉塞非线性理论为基础, 结合三维电磁仿真软件, 通过导入高频场数值解替代理论解析的方法, 对波瓣波导谐振腔高次谐波太赫兹回旋管进行了理论和模拟研究. 给出了该类回旋管的起振电流、耦合系数以及注波互作用效率等重要参数, 并在此基础上设计了一只工作频率为0.4 THz, 工作模式TE₃₃模三次谐波波瓣波导谐振腔回旋管, 其电子注参数为1.0 A, 40.5 kV, 横纵速度比1.5,互作用区引导磁场为5.09 T, 输出功率达到3.3 kW.     

Generation of the Gaussian-like HE11 mode from gyrotron TEOn mode mixtures at 70 GHz

This work reports calculations and measurements on mode converters for the transformation of TEOn gyrotron mode mixtures (primarily TEO2) into the linearly polarized HE11 hybrid mode at 70 GHz. This mode is ideal for quasi-optical launching systems for ECRH of plasmas. Mode transducers with axisymmetric radius perturbations convert the gyrotron TEOn mode composition into the TEO1 mode. Proper matching of the phase differences between the various modes and of the perturbation amplitudes of the several converter sections is required. The TEO1 wave is used for long-distance transmission through smooth-walled overmoded waveguides. A mode converter with constant diameter and periodically perturbed curvature transfers the unpolarized TEO1 mode into the polarized TE11 wave. The experimentally determined TEOn-to-TEO1 conversion efficiency is (98.5±1)% (99% predicted) while the TEO1-to-TE11 transformer has a (94±2)% efficiency (93% theoretically); ohmic losses are included. The Gaussian-like HE11 mode with axisymmetric power distribution and almost no cross polarization is produced in a circumferentially corrugated TE11-to-HE11 mode transducer with a measured conversion efficiency of (98.3±1.5)% (98.5% predicted). The overall efficiency of the complete mode converter system in the desired mode was determined to be (91±2.5)%. High-power operation (200kW, 100ms) has been successfully demonstrated.     

双微波源共轴辐射馈线结构的设计

设计了一种将两个不同波段微波源输出微波馈向同一个馈源喇叭的双波段馈线结构。该结构不仅对两个微波源输出的TM01模进行了有效的模式转换,而且实现了两个波段的微波共用辐射天线。采用双弯曲圆波导模式转换器实现高频段微波源输出微波的模式转换和轴线的定量平移;采用中间模式为矩形波导TE10模的圆波导TM01模-同轴波导TE11模的模式转换器,实现低频段微波源输出微波的模式转换及与高频段微波源输出微波的共轴输出。数值仿真结果验证了设计思路的正确性。     

径向双层介质加载圆波导的TE_(11)-HE_(11)模式转换天线

介绍了径向双层介质加载圆波导的TE_(11)-HE_(11)模式转换天线的设计原理、实验方法及结果。该模式转换天线由圆波导TE_(11)-HE_(11)模式转换器和辐射器组成:圆波导TE_(11)-HE_(11)模式转换器是在圆波导内沿径向加载两种不同介电常数的微波介质来完成模式转换,辐射器采用开口圆波导或小张角圆锥喇叭将HE_(11)模辐射出去。应用HFSS软件对设计的两种模式转换天线进行模拟优化,数值结果显示这两种天线在线极化和圆极化工作状态下其E面、H面辐射方向图在一定波瓣宽度内均具有较高的等化特性及低副瓣电平。应用矢量网络分析仪和频谱分析仪对线极化TE11模激励状态下的两种模式转换天线的增益和驻波系数进行测试,测试结果表明:在中心频率9.4GHz频点辐射器采用开口圆波导或小张角圆锥喇叭时天线增益分别为11.21dB和15.58dB,且驻波系数均小于1.05。实测结果与仿真结果基本一致,证明了该模式转换天线技术的可行性与正确性。     

8mmTE01—HE11高功率模式变换器的研究

从弯曲波纹波导中广义耦合波方程出发，进行数值优化迭代，得到在８ｍｍ波段，ＴＥ０１－ＨＥ１１高功率高效变换器的设计。计算中考虑了金属壁所带来的区分经损耗，并采用了相位重匹配技术以提高转换效率。给出了一组优化设计尺寸及计算结果。     

Coupled THz Waveguide Utilizing Surface Plasmon Polaritons on Thin Dielectric Slab Sandwiched between Two Corrugated Metallic Claddings

We present a comprehensive experimental study of terahertz （THz） wave propagation utilizing surface plasmon polaritons （SPPs） on the interfaces of a thin dielectric core layer sandwiched between two corrugated metallic claddings. THz wave impinges on the structured surfaces at normal incidence. Long-lasting oscillation propagation features are observed in the temporal waveform after traveling through the periodic arrays. The enhanced THz transmission can be achieved due to the coupling between incident waves to SPPs at the bottom and top interfaces. The finite element method is used to simulate the field distribution and the transmission mode in the waveguide. The hybrid waveguide with low absorption has great potential applications in THz integrated devices.     

过模圆转弯波导的设计与实验

 研究了一种新型的过模圆转弯波导,可实现圆波导TM₀₁模的转弯传输。介绍了这种过模圆转弯波导的基本原理：即沿转弯平面插入一块金属板,将圆波导转换为两个半圆波导。圆波导TM₀₁模在半圆波导中转换为半圆波导TE₁₁模,经转弯传输后,重新将半圆波导TE₀₁模转换为圆波导TM₀₁模,从而实现圆波导TM₀₁模的转弯传输。基于这一原理设计了一个中心频率为2.856 GHz、转弯45°的过模圆转弯波导,并进行了数值模拟和实验研究。实验结果表明：其转弯半径为123.7 mm,转弯半径较小;在中心频点2.856 GHz处,传输损耗约为0.247 dB,驻波系数为1.217;在2.75～2.95 GHz的频率范围内传输损耗小于0.53 dB,驻波系数小于1.34。     

共焦波导回旋行波管准光注入结构设计

为了解决共焦波导回旋行波管现有输入结构带宽较窄的问题,基于高斯变换,为0.4 THz共焦波导回旋行波管设计了准光注入结构,注入模式为HE06模。该结构由波纹波导模式变换器、高斯变换镜及接收天线构成。对整个注入结构进行了三维电磁仿真,结果表明,在回旋行波管8 GHz的工作带宽内,注入效率大于50%,最大注入效率68%。     

高功率微波弯曲矩形波导设计

 利用模式耦合理论,在理论推导出弯曲矩形波导TE01模和高阶模之间耦合系数显式表达的基础上,对弯曲矩形波导进行了实例研究。HFSS软件数值仿真结果表明：设计的矩形波导TE01-TE02模式转换器在9.5 GHz转换效率达到99.9%,转换效率大于90%的工作带宽为8.60～10.48 GHz;设计的弯曲矩形波导传输线,可有效传输TE01模,不激励起高阶模式。HFSS数值仿真结果验证了所设计的传输线工作带宽和功率容量均能够满足使用要求。     

Computer-aided analysis and design of corrugated TE11 to HE11 mode converters in highly overmoded waveguides

A theoretical and experimental study of TE11-to-HE11 mode conversion in highly oversized waveguides is given. The balanced HE11 hybrid mode propagating in a circumferentially corrugated circular waveguide is in many respects ideal for effective electron cyclotron resonance heating of fusion plasmas with high-power gyrotrons. At an aperture antenna it exhibits desirable radiation characteristics such as linear polarization with very low cross polarization and axisymmetric power distribution with low sidelobe levels. This Gaussian-like mode can be generated from a TE11 mode by means of a corrugated mode converter in which the depth of the annular slots is tapered gradually from one-half to one-quarter wavelength. Computer-aided optimization of converter length, shape of corrugations, and of non-linear slot depth variation for 28 GHz- and 70 GHz-transducers was achieved with a scattering matrix formalism employing the modal field expansion technique (Modular Analysis Concept). In both cases the measured conversion efficiency of (98.5±0.5)% and the experimental values of the maximum cross polarization (below –28 dB) are in very good agreement with the predicted values. High-power operation was successfully demonstrated using pulsed 28 GHz- and 70 GHz-VARIAN gyrotrons (200 kW).