Design and experimental operation of a 165-GHz, 1.5-MW,coaxial-cavity gyrotron with axial RF output

The development of a coaxial-cavity gyrotron operating in TE_31,17 mode at 165 GHz is presented. The selection of the operating frequency and mode are based on the limitations imposed by the maximum held of the superconducting (sc) magnet at Forschungzentrum Karlsruhe, Institut fur Technische Physik (FZK), the use of the inverse-magnetron injection gun (IMIG) of the 140-GHz, TE_28,16 coaxial gyrotron and the possibility of transforming the cavity mode to a whispering gallery mode (WGM) appropriate for the dual-beam quasioptical (q.o.) output coupler and the two output windows, which are foreseen for the next lateral output version of the tube. The tube with axial output has been tested at FZK to deliver maximum output power of 1.17 MW in the designed TE_31,17 mode with 26.7% efficiency at 164.98 GHz. Maximum efficiency of 28.2% was achieved at 0.9-MW output power. The design operating point with output power 1.36 MW and 36.7% efficiency was net accessible because of beam instabilities at high electron-velocity ratio α, presumably caused due to high electron-velocity spread. Power at higher frequencies was also detected: 1.02 MW at 167.16 GHz in TE_32,17 mode with 26.88 efficiency, 0.63 MW at 169.46 GHz in TE_33,17 mode with 18% efficiency, and 0.35 MW at 171.80 GHz in TE_31,17 mode with 13.3% efficiency     

Coaxial cavity gyrotron with dual RF beam output

A 140-GHz, 1.5-MW, TE_28,16-coaxial cavity gyrotron with a dual RF beam output has been designed, built, and tested. For the first time, the generated RF power has been split into two parts and coupled out through two RF output windows in order to reduce the power loading in the windows. The quasioptical output system is based on a two-step mode conversion scheme. First, the cavity mode TE_-28,16 is converted into its degenerate whispering gallery mode TE_+76,2 using a rippled-wall mode converter. Then, this mode is transformed into two TEM₀₀ output wave beams. A maximum rf output power of about 950 kW with an output efficiency of 20% has been measured. According to numerical calculations, an rf power above 1.5 MW is expected to be generated in the cavity. Even if all losses are taken into account, a discrepancy between experiment and calculations remains. The power deficit seems to be partly caused by the influence of the stray radiation captured inside the tube. However, the two main reasons are probably an incomplete mode conversion from TE_-28,16 to TE_+76,2 and a large energy spread of the electron beam due to trapped electrons. An increased amount of captured stray radiation resulted in a reduced stability of operation. A single-stage depressed collector was used successfully, increasing the RF output efficiency from 20% to 29%     

A 1.5-MW, 140-GHz, TE28,16-coaxial cavity gyrotron

The design of a 1.5-MW, 140-GHz, TE-_28,16-coaxial cavity gyrotron is presented and results of experimental operation are given. A cavity with a cylindrical outer wall and a radially tapered inner rod with longitudinal corrugations was used. A maximum output power of 1.17 MW has been measured in the design mode with an efficiency of 27.2%. Single-mode operation has been found over a wide range of operating parameters. The experimental values agree well with the results of multimode calculations. Frequency-step tuning has been performed between 115.6 and 164.2 GHz. In particular, an output power of 0.9 MW has ben measured in the TE_25,14 mode at 123.0 GHz and 1.16 MW in the TE_32,18 mode at 158.9 GHz. At frequencies its with strong window reflections the parameter range for which stable operation is possible is reduced significantly. In order to obtain results relevant for a technical realization of a continuously operated gyrotron, a tube with a radial radio frequency (RF)-beam output through two output windows and a single-stage depressed collector has been designed and is under fabrication. A two-step mode conversion scheme-TE- _28,16 to Te_+76.2 to TEM₀₀-which generates two narrowly directed (60° at the launcher) output wavebeams has been chosen for a quasioptical (q,o) mode converter system. A conversion efficiency of 94% is expected     

Polarization control of microwave emission from high powerrectangular cross-section gyrotron devices

Results are summarized of experiments on a gyrotron utilizing a rectangular-cross-section (RCS) cavity region. The major issue under investigation is polarization control of microwave emission as a function of magnetic field. The electron beam driver is the Michigan Electron Long Beam Accelerator (MELBA) at parameters: V=0.8 MV, I_diode=1-10 kA, I_tube=0.1=0.5 kA, and t_e-beam=0.4-1.0 μs. The annular e-beam is spun up into an axis-encircling beam by passing it through a magnetic cusp prior to entering the RCS interaction cavity. Experimental results show a high degree of polarization in either of two orthogonal modes as a function of cavity fields. The RCS gyrotron produced peak powers of 14 MW in one polarization (TE₁₀) and 6 MW in the cross-polarized mode (TE ₀₁). Electronic efficiencies for this device reached as high as 8% with transverse efficiency of 16%. Experimental results on the beam alpha (α=V_⊥/V_∥) diagnostics, where alpha is the ratio of the e-beam's transverse velocity to its parallel velocity, agree well with the single electron trajectory code. MAGIC code results are in qualitative agreement with microwave measurements. Microwave emission shifts from the dominant fundamental mode polarization (TE₁₀□ ), to the next higher order mode polarization (TE₀₁□) as the solenoid magnetic field is raised from 1.4-1.9 kGauss. Frequency measurements using heterodyne mixers support mode identification as well as MAGIC code simulations     

Special complex open-cavity and low-magnetic-field high-powergyrotron

A theory is proposed for the special complex cavity; it is in the form of a single resonant circuit having a TE_0n&lrarr2;TE_0,n+p mode converter and it features excellent mode selectivity, high power capability, and an asymmetric triangle profile of the RF field that is favourable to efficient operation for a 35-GHz second-harmonic gyromonotron employing this complex cavity with TE₀₃ mode output are numerically illustrated and experimentally demonstrated. Power as high as 200 kW and efficiency as high as 30% have been obtained. These experimental results are record values for a gyrotron operating at the second-harmonic millimeter wavelength. Implications of the single-resonant complex cavity for the fundamental harmonic and third-harmonic high-average-power gyrotron design are discussed     

圆极化TE11输出模式旋向可在线切换的相对论磁控管模拟研究

提出了一种圆极化TE₁₁输出模式旋向可在线切换的相对论磁控管。该器件互作用区结构采用同腔型磁控管结构,输出结构采用全腔提取结构,励磁系统采用Helmholtz线圈磁场系统。本文利用全腔提取结构的模式激励理论对该器件的输出模式成分进行了理论分析,利用粒子模拟软件对该器件的工作性能进行了模拟研究。粒子模拟结果表明:在外加电压770 kV和外加轴向磁场0.2 T（方向与微波轴向输出方向同向）的条件下,该器件的工作模式为5π/6模,工作频率为2.35 GHz,输出功率为3.86 GW,功率效率达到55.5%,输出模式为右旋圆极化TE₁₁模式且模式纯度达到99%以上;当外加轴向磁场与微波轴向输出方向反向时,该器件的输出模式即可在线切换为左旋圆极化TE₁₁模式,而其他输出性能基本保持不变。     

Stable high-power TE01 gyro-TWT amplifiers

The stability of high power gyro-TWT amplifiers operating in the low-loss TE₀₁ mode of cylindrical waveguide has been studied, Linear theory has been used to determine the threshold start-oscillation beam current for absolute instability in the operating mode and the critical section lengths for the dominant gyro-BWO interactions occurring at various cyclotron harmonics in other waveguide modes. The performance of the amplifier was evaluated with a nonlinear, self-consistent slow-timescale simulation code. Utilizing interaction sections whose lengths are less than the threshold start-oscillation length and are separated by attenuating severs for isolation, two stable three-section devices have been designed which are predicted to yield: (1) a peak output power of 230 kW at 35 GHz with an efficiency of 23%, a saturated gain of 46 dB and a constant-drive bandwidth of 6% for a 100 kV, 10 A electron beam with an α=ν_⊥ /ν_z =1.0 and an axial velocity spread Δν_z/ν_z=5% and (2) 105 kW at 94 GHz with 21% efficiency, 45 dB saturated gain and 5% constant-drive bandwidth for a similar 5 A electron beam. In addition, the design of the 0 dB input/output couplers and the MIG electron gun are given. Due to the low loss of the TE₀₁ mode, both of these amplifiers can be operated continuously     

140-GHz gyrotron experiments based on a confocal cavity

We have designed and experimentally demonstrated the operation of a novel quasioptical gyrotron oscillator based on an overmoded confocal waveguide cavity. This cavity effectively suppresses undesired modes, and therefore has extremely low mode density. Stable single-mode, single-frequency operation was achieved in the TE₀₆ mode at 136 GHz. A peak RF output power of 66 kW, corresponding to an efficiency of 18%, was measured. By varying the cavity magnetic field, high-power generation was observed at 136 GHz in the TE₀₆ mode and at 114 GHz in the TE₀₅ mode. These frequencies correspond to the high Q modes of the confocal resonator. The low Q modes were either weak or not observed. In this paper, we will review the design procedure for this cavity and present experimental data verifying its effectiveness in reducing the number of modes that can be excited. The confocal waveguide could also be used in high-power, gyro-TWT amplifiers to provide greater operating stability and bandwidth, especially in an overmoded waveguide structure     

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     

双频回旋管内置准光模式变换器设计

回旋管一般使用准光模式变换器实现高阶腔体模式到高斯波束的转换。结合标量衍射理论、KS迭代算法、几何光学、最小均方法等方法设计了工作频率为140 GHz(TE24,9)和105 GHz(TE18,7)的双频准光模式变换器。仿真结果显示所设计的准光模式变换器工作频率为140 GHz(TE24,9)时能量传输效率99.0%、高斯含量99.7%,工作频率为105 GHz(TE18,7)时能量传输效率97.3%、高斯含量98.0%。能够满足MW级双频回旋管的应用需求。     

Study of high-power Ka-band second-harmonic gyroklystron amplifier

The self-consistent nonlinear theory of two-cavity high-harmonic gyroklystron amplifier has been developed. The efficiency and gain of a second-harmonic gyroklystron were calculated numerically. The results obtained were used to choose the optimal parameters of the experimental second-harmonic tube. The experimental study was carried out to test high-harmonic amplifier concept. Two-cavity 35 GHz second harmonic gyroklystron with the TE₀₂₁ cavity mode has been designed and tested in pulse operation. Output power of about 260 kW with efficiency 18% and 17 dB gain have been produced at 72 kV beam voltage and 20 A beam current. Bandwidth of about 0.1% has been observed. The restriction of the output power, efficiency, and gain was caused by spurious oscillations excited in the second cavity in the TE₀₁₁ mode at the fundamental cyclotron frequency     

回旋行波管多模稳态理论及初步应用

建立了一种回旋行波管的多模稳态理论.利用该理论研究了输入功率和引导中心半径变化对回旋返波振荡的抑制作用,发现两者单独作用都在一定程度上可以减弱返波振荡,但两者的共同作用对改善工作模式输出性能和稳定性更有效.     

Millimeter-wave gyroklystron amplifier experiment using arelativistic electron beam

A fundamental-mode TE₁₁₁° two-cavity intense-beam gyroklystron amplifier experiment, operating at an accelerating voltage of 1 MV, is reported. The two cavities that were tested are designed to serve as bunching cavities for a high-power output cavity. The two-cavity amplifier has demonstrated a linear gain of 15 dB and an unsaturated output power of ~40 kW, with the intracavity gain and power ~4 dB higher. The frequency of the second cavity has been found to track the frequency of the driven cavity over a range of 300 MHz around a center frequency of 35 GHz. Stable amplifier operation was achieved with beam currents as large as 150 A and a velocity pitch ratio of 0.36. The stable operating range was limited by spurious oscillation in the TE₁₁₂° mode. Theoretical calculations indicate that higher gains might be attainable if this mode could be suppressed     

用八孔耦合器识别TM0_(1)/TE_(11)混模中TE_(11)模式的方法北大核心CSCD

在高功率微波传输系统中,为了提高功率容量和效率,往往采用过模波导,因此圆波导中往往出现TM_(01)和TE_(11)混合模式的情况。采用角向均匀分布的8孔圆波导耦合器,对提取TE_(11)模式的混合比和极化角度的方法进行了分析和研究。分析了圆波导中TM_(01)和TE_(11)模式在耦合孔处的电场分布,并采用CST对各耦合孔的输出功率进行了模拟计算,得出相互正对的耦合孔的平均功率与8个孔的平均功率之比与模式之间的相位差无关的结论。同时,发现该比值与TE_(11)模式的混合比成线性关系,线性关系中的比例系数是极化角度线性函数。通过线性拟合获得了计算TE_(11)模式混合比和极化方向的表达式。与仿真设定的参数相比,用该表达式计算的结果表明,在TE_(11)模式混合比小于30%时,用其计算TE_(11)模式的混合比和极化角度是可行的,误差不超过10%。在此基础上,给出了实际情况下TE_(11)模式信息的具体判断方法。     

Study of a 35-GHz third-harmonic low-voltage complex cavitygyrotron

A self consistent nonlinear theoretical model for a complex cavity gyrotron with abrupt transitions is presented in this paper. The model accounts for mode conversion in the transition region of the complex cavity through the general theory of modal expansion techniques. The interaction between the electron beam and TE₆₁/TE₆₂ RF field in the step cavity for a third-harmonic gyrotron is simulated; many calculations are carried out under different electron beam parameters     

Multimegawatt relativistic harmonic gyrotron traveling-wave tubeamplifier experiments

The first multimegawatt (4 MW, η=8%) harmonic (ω=sΩ_c, s=2,3) relativistic gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-twt) amplifier experiment has been designed, built, and tested. Results from this experimental setup, including the first ever reported third-harmonic gyro-twt results, are presented. Operation frequency is 17.1 GHz. Detailed phase measurements are also presented. The electron beam source is SNOMAD-II, a solid-state nonlinear magnetic accelerator driver with nominal parameters of 400 kV and 350 A. The flat-top pulsewidth is 30 ns. The electron beam is focused using a Pierce geometry and then imparted with transverse momentum using a bifilar helical wiggler magnet. The imparted beam pitch is a α≡β_⊥/β_∥≈1. Experimental operation involving both a second-harmonic interaction with the TE₂₁ mode and a third-harmonic interaction with the TE ₃₁ mode, both at 17 GHz, has been characterized. The third-harmonic interaction resulted in 4-MW output power and 50-dB single-pass gain, with an efficiency of up to ~8% (for 115-A beam current). The best measured phase stability of the TE₃₁ amplified pulse was ±10° over a 9-ns period. The phase stability was limited because the maximum RF power was attained when operating far from wiggler resonance. The second harmonic, TE₂₁ had a peak amplified power of 2 MW corresponding to 40 dB single-pass gain and 4% efficiency. The second-harmonic interaction showed stronger superradiant emission than the third-harmonic interaction. Characterizations of the second- and third-harmonic gyro-twt experiments presented here include measurement of far-field radiation patterns, gain and phase versus interaction length, phase stability, and output power versus input power     

94-GHz 25-kW CW low-voltage harmonic gyrotron

A low-voltage second-harmonic gyrotron intended as a compact lightweight source has been designed and evaluated with a particle-tracing code and the particle-in-cell code MAGIC. The two codes are shown to be in good agreement when applied to a conventional fundamental-frequency gyrotron and also to the novel second-harmonic gyrotron. The 25-kW continuous wave (CW) 94-GHz gyrotron with a predicted conversion efficiency of 32% and device efficiency of 22.5% is driven by a 25-kV 4.5-A (υ_⊥/υ₂=1.5, Δυ_z/υ_z=7%) electron beam from a magnetron injection gun and employs a low-loss TE₀₂₁/TE₀₃₁ complex cavity for mode control. Although the 17-kG CW gyrotron will use a cryogen-free high-T_c superconducting magnet, a 94-GHz prototype will be tested at low duty with a conventional low-T_c superconducting magnet     

全腔输出相对论磁控管输出模式转换结构的理论设计和数值模拟

采用全腔输出结构后,相对论磁控管径向尺寸显著减小,轴向长度也有较大幅度的缩短.但是,由于输出结构为三个相对独立的扇形波导,实际应用时,一般需要对微波输出模式进行转换.针对全腔输出相对论磁控管,本文研究了两种输出模式转换结构并利用三维全电磁粒子模拟程序对其进行了研究.首先研究了将三个扇形波导角向增宽从而渐变或者突变为一个同轴波导的情况,研究结果表明,两种情况下输出微波功率均大于采用传统三个独立扇形波导输出时的90%,输出模式主要是TEM模.其次研究了输出区由三个扇形输出波导分别变换为三个截面大小与之接近的矩形输出波导的可行性,研究结果表明,注入扇形波导中的TE₁₁模式几乎全部转换为矩形波导中的TE₁₀模式.实际应用时,可根据需要选择上述输出模式转换结构.