强流电子束产生和传输的数值模拟

本文采用SLAC-226程序计算了1.5MV强流电子束在二极管内的加速过程以及出阳极后的传输过程。高亮度二极管的设计是高效率自由电子激光的关键技术之一。本工作的目的就是通过1.5MV注入器的数值模拟,为寻找优化的二极管结构设计提供一种有效的数值方法。程序考虑了外加电磁场和电子束自身空间电荷和自生磁场效应。我们讨论了外加磁场的各种构形以及它们对束流品质的影响,计算结果与国外EBQ程序计算结果和实验结果进行了比较,证明本工作的结果是可靠的。SLAC-226程序可以为直线感应加速器的设计提供参考数据。     

低阻抗二极管产生的强流电子束能谱分布的数值模拟

 给出了低阻抗二极管产生的电子束能谱分布及外加磁场对二极管阻抗影响的数值模拟研究结果。结果表明，即使在外加电压恒定的条件下，二极管产生的电子束也具有一定的能谱分布，这说明用二极管电压、电流波形计算脉冲电子束能谱分布是不正确的。另外,外加磁场对低阻抗二极管的阻抗特性具有较大影响，其阻抗随外加磁场的增大而减小。分析认为这是由于外加磁场强度的变化改变了二极管中束电子的运动轨迹。当没有外加磁场或外加磁场较小时，低阻抗二极管产生的电子束发生自箍缩，此时二极管电流是自箍缩饱和顺位流；当外加磁场足够强时，电子束的自箍缩被抑制，二极管电流是没有箍缩时的空间电荷限制电流。束电流小于自箍缩临界电流的二极管其阻抗将不随外加磁场的变化而变化。     

强流电子束无箔二极管结构设计与特性研究

 主要叙述高功率二极管的理论模型和结构设计，采用基于引导磁场和相对论近似情况下的空间电荷限制流模型，对磁浸没无箔二极管产生的空心相对论电子束进行了动态数值模拟，研究了二极管几何结构及引导磁场对二极管束流特性的影响。     

大流量涡流二极管内流仿真及高阻特性研究

文中采用雷诺应力模型(RSM)对涡流二极管泵内部流场进行三维数值模拟,阐述涡流二极管内部流场及高阻产生机理,将内部流动近似为Rankine涡并进行验证,分析了切向入口压力变化对流动特性的影响,结果表明,入口操作压力超过一特定限度后中心区域将出现较大的回流现象,这将有助于提高涡流二极管性能.     

并行3维全电磁粒子模拟软件NEPTUNE的外加磁场模块设计

介绍了3维全电磁粒子模拟软件NEPTUNE中常用外加磁场加载模块的设计思路和方法,包括简单的磁场分布方程和离散数值加载、螺线管磁场加载、直线及螺旋线磁场分布加载、摇摆器磁场加载以及永磁体磁场加载等方式。每一类磁场加载模式都进行了实际算例的计算和验证,计算结果表明各类磁场加载模块设计的正确性和可靠性。最后针对具体应用,结合二极管电子束在不同外加引导磁场作用下的各种分布状态,间接验证了磁场模块设计的可行性。     

层流平衡相对论电子束束流特性的数值计算

通过对层流平衡相对论电子的运动微分方程组进行数值求解,得到正则角动量在pθ=0,pθ=const.和pθ∝r2三种情况下,束流的传输特性.针对pθ=0的相对论实心电子束,利用数值求解得到了与解析方法一致的结果,从而验证了数值方法的合理性;针对无法用解析方法求解的pθ=0环行电子束、pθ=const.和pθ∝r2的情况,利用数值方法得到了束流和空间极限电流关于波导、电子束结构和二极管电压等参数的变化规律及对轴向导引磁场的要求.计算结果表明:当相对论电子束以层流平衡态传输时,环行束较实心束具有更高的空间极限电流和更低的轴向导引磁场,且当阴极发射面与导引磁场的磁场线垂直时,维持电子束层流平衡所需的轴向导引磁场最低;电子束在有限磁场导引下以层流平衡态传输时,空间极限电流明显大于无限大磁场导引下一维近似的情况.利用数值方法对层流平衡相对论电子束进行理论研究,更全面地揭示了电子束在正则角动量满足不同条件时的束流特性,为设计新型结构的高功率微波器件提供理论参考.     

采用组合引导磁场的多注二极管设计

分析了采用单一同轴磁场时强流相对论多注阴极的侧端发射问题,研究了在不同磁场内半径和多注漂移管长度情况下多注电子束的传输效率。研究发现:由于引导磁场尺寸有限,高压下多注阴极杆及多注阴极柱的电子束发射是影响多注电子束传输效率的主要因素,且该部分电子束对多注漂移管入口管壁的轰击直接影响了多注速调管的重频能力。设计了采用永磁铁和同轴磁场组合工作的强流相对论多注二极管,理论分析和模拟计算证明:基于组合磁场的多注二极管可明显减弱甚至抑制多注阴极发射球头以外的电子束发射,并且组合磁场的磁场位形和强度可满足强流相对论多注电子束的高效、稳定传输。     

提高涡流二极管性能的数值仿真分析

本文数值仿真分析了涡流二极管正、反向流的阻力特性及其内部流场,提出可提高涡流二极管性能的结构优化方法.对比计算表明RSM模型和PRESTO!压力离散格式对涡流管反向流进行仿真的计算精度最好.基于对反向流涡量场和流场的分析,认为强涡旋是反向高阻的主要原因;且旋涡中心和涡流腔室中心不重合,造成涡流不稳定,提出利用螺旋腔室改...     

磁场引导双电子束传输模拟和实验研究

 利用外加纵向磁场把单台加速器驱动双阴极二极管产生的同步双电子束引出双漂移管,是双电子束实用化的关键环节。在实心束情况下,对双电子束约束磁场进行了3维PIC模拟。在粒子模拟的基础上搭建了双电子束磁场引导系统,进行了磁场引导环形双电子束传输实验研究,在二极管电压约380 kV时,环形双束流值分别为5.10 kA和4.92 kA。实验结果表明,所设计磁场系统能够对环形双电子束进行有效约束,有效约束磁场约0.5 T。     

涡流对电真空器件内磁分布的影响及抑制方法

短脉冲线圈电流励磁是高频电真空器件中实现超强磁场的重要技术途径之一,此时器件内将不可避免地产生涡流并进一步对内部磁场分布构成影响。针对使用短脉冲磁场时涡流对电真空器件内磁分布的影响进行了研究,分析了线圈电流脉冲宽度、金属电导率和金属厚度等对涡流的影响,结果表明:随着线圈电流脉冲宽度的减小、金属电导率和金属厚度的增加,涡流对内部磁场的影响也随之增加,导致管内空间无法有效励磁。提出了两种抑制涡流影响的措施,包括采用高电阻率导体进行薄层电镀和对管壁金属纵向切槽开缝。计算结果表明,这两种方法能够有效抑制涡流对器件内部磁场分布的影响,具有良好的实用性。     

磁场对球头阴极二极管特性的影响

 采用全电磁PIC粒子模拟方法研究了磁场对球头阴极二极管物理特性的影响。结果表明外加磁场主要是通过对二极管束流轨迹的改变来影响二极管的物理特性。由于外加磁场将约束其产生电子束的发散，结果使其空间电荷限制电流减小，其值在无外加磁场并且自磁场可以忽略时的空间电荷限制电流值的0.5~1倍范围内。当外加磁场足够强时，束流轨迹主要受外加磁场控制，二极管产生的电子束既不箍缩也不发散。强外加磁场条件下的空间电荷限制电流近似为无外加磁场时的一半；在无外加磁场条件下，在阳极处的束流半径随二极管电压电流的增大而减小，空间电荷限制电流增强因子随束流半径的减小而减小，随二极管电压电流增大而减小。这一系列结果是在二极管电流小于其自箍缩临界电流条件下得到的。     

Generation of a submillisecond electron beam with a high-density current in a plasma-emitter diode under the conditions of open plasma boundary emission

The generation of a 250-μs-wide electron beam in a plasma-emitter diode is studied experimentally. A plasma was produced by a pulsed arc discharge in hydrogen. The electron beam is extracted from a circular emission hole 3.8 mm in diameter under open plasma boundary conditions. The beam accelerated in the diode gap enters into a drift space in the absence of an external magnetic field through a hole 4.1 mm in diameter made in the anode. The influence of electron current deposition at the edge of the anode hole on the beam’s maximum attainable current, above which the diode gap breaks down, is studied for different accelerating voltages and diode gaps. The role of processes occurring on the surface of the electrodes is shown. For an accelerating voltage of 32 kV, a mean emission current density of 130 A/cm² is achieved. The respective mean strength of the electric field in the acceleration gap is 140 kV/cm. Using the POISSON-2 software package, the numerical simulation of the diode performance is carried out and the shape of steady plasma emission boundaries in the cathode and anode holes is calculated. The influence of the density of the ion current from the anode plasma surface on the maximum attainable current of the electron beam is demonstrated.     

2 cm电子回旋共振离子推力器离子源中磁场对等离子体特性与壁面电流影响的数值模拟

电子回旋共振离子推力器(electron cyclotron resonance ion thruster,ECRIT)离子源内等离子体分布会影响束流引出,而磁场结构决定的ECR区与天线的相对位置共同影响了等离子体分布.在鞘层作用下,等离子体中的离子或电子被加速对壁面产生溅射,形成壁面离子或电子电流,造成壁面磨损和等离子体损失,因此研究壁面电流与等离子体特征十分重要.为此本文建立2 cm ECRIT的粒子PIC/MCC(particle-in-cell with Monte Carlo collision)仿真模型,数值模拟研究磁场结构对离子源内等离子体与壁面电流特性的影响.计算表明,当ECR区位于天线上游时,等离子体集中在天线上游和内外磁环间,栅极前离子密度最低,故离子源引出束流、磁环端面电流和天线壁面电流较低.ECR区位于天线下游时,天线和栅极上游附近的等离子体密度较高,故离子源引出束流、天线壁面电流和磁环端面电流较高.腔体壁面等离子体分布与电流受磁场影响最小.     

Application of magneto-optical method for real-time visualization of eddy currents with high spatial resolution for nondestructive testing

In this paper we describe a new, laser supported, eddy current microscope for the real-time visualization of eddy current distributions. In the experimental set-up, the induction of eddy currents is conventionally performed by an alternating current excitation coil above the object surface. The magnetic field induced by the eddy currents is detected by the use of the Faraday effect. For that purpose, a laser beam is passed through a suitable thin crystal integrated in the excitation coil. The polarization direction of the laser beam is rotated in this thin crystal depending on the local magnetic field. The area distribution of the rotation angle is transformed into a grey value picture using an optical set-up, which comprises a conventional microscope, a lighting technique, an analyzator, and a CCD sensor. By choosing a suitable optic, a real-time measurement of the magnetic field with a high spatial resolution can be carried out. In this paper, the basic physics and the design of the new microscope are described. The initial results of experimental investigations concerning the resolution power of magneto-optic eddy current sensors are presented and compared with conventional eddy current sensors.     

Effect of longitudinal applied magnetic field on the self-pinched critical current in intense electron beam diode

The effect of applied longitudinal magnetic field on the self-pinched critical current in the intense electron beam diode is discussed. The self-pinched critical current is derived and its validity is tested by numerical simulations. The results shows that an applied longitudinal magnetic field tends to increase the self-pinched critical current. Without the effect of anode plasma, the maximal diode current approximately equals the self-pinched critical current with the longitudinal magnetic field applied; when self-pinched occurs, the diode current approaches the self-pinched critical current.     

Effect of a transverse magnetic field on the generation of electron beams in the gas-filled diode

The effect of a transverse magnetic field (0.080 and 0.016 T) on generation of an electron beam in the gas-filled diode is experimentally investigated. It is shown that, at voltage U = 25 kV across the diode and a low helium pressure (45 Torr), the transverse magnetic field influences the beam current amplitude behind a foil and its distribution over the foil cross section. At elevated pressures and under the conditions of ultrashort avalanche electron beam formation in helium, nitrogen, and air, the transverse magnetic field (0.080 and 0.016 T) has a minor effect on the amplitude and duration of the beam behind the foil. It is established that, when the voltage of the pulse generator reaches several hundreds of kilovolts, some runaway electrons (including the electrons from the discharge plasma near the cathode) are incident on the side walls of the diode.     

Formation and transportation of low-energy high-current electron beams in the plasma-filled diode under the effect of the external magnetic field

The mechanisms behind limitation of current of nonrelativistic high-current electron beams in the plasma-filled diode immersed in the external guiding magnetic field whose intensity is comparable with that of the beam self magnetic field are studied. It is shown that the beam current is limited by transmission capacity of the double layer between the cathode and anode plasma on the one hand and, on the other hand, by charge neutralization of the beam and by the decrease of the longitudinal velocity of the beam electrons under the action of the induced electric field and of the beam self magnetic field. The effect of the beam self fields on its cross-sectional current density and energy distributions is studied. Results of the numerical simulations are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

微秒长脉冲有磁场高功率微波二极管真空界面设计

介绍了一种微秒长脉冲有磁场的真空二极管界面的设计和实验结果。采取了三种措施来抑制沿面闪络:一是阴极电子束挡板,用来拦截来自阴极和电子束漂移管的回流电子束;二是接地屏蔽板,使电场等势线和界面成约45°角,使阴极三结合点处发射的电子远离绝缘板;三是降低阴极三结合点处的场强,并使用一悬浮电位的金属环阻止电子倍增过程。计算了二极管内电场、磁场分布和电子束的运动轨迹并据此优化了真空界面的结构,实验验证了该二极管真空界面可以在400 kV、800 ns条件下正常工作,可以支持长脉冲高功率微波器件的研究。     

不锈钢电子束收集极的损伤能量密度阈值

对强磁场相对论返波管系统中电子束收集极损伤的主要影响因素进行了分析,通过设计并使用锥面不锈钢收集极,提高了收集极的耐电子束轰击能力。在单次实验条件下,研究了电子束能量密度对不锈钢收集极表面损伤及系统产生微波的影响,结合对无箔二极管中电子束空间密度分布的研究结果,给出了不锈钢收集极损伤电子束能量密度阈值范围。