Particle-In-Cell Simulations from a X Band Coaxial Relativistic Backward Wave Oscillator

A high-power x-band coaxial relativistic backward wave oscillator has been conceptually designed and analyzed. The TM_on dispersion relations in the coaxial corrugated cylindrical waveguide used in the device was calculated. MAGIC,an electronmagnetic particle-in-cell code, is being used to investigated the nonlinear beam-wave interaction and other design optimization issues. Preliminary simulation results shows that the coaxial BWO can generate 2. 2 GW peak power microwave at 10. 15GHz in the TM₀₂ mode driven by a 600-KV 20-KA electron beam, the peak power efficiency is about 18%.     

螺旋波导压缩频率调制脉冲的初步研究

利用螺旋波导对频率调制脉冲进行压缩可大幅度提高脉冲峰值功率。利用所编Matlab程序对螺旋波导的色散特性进行了计算和分析,获得了波纹幅度和纵向周期长度等结构参数对其色散特性的影响规律;给出了脉冲功率压缩比的计算公式,对不同脉宽和频带宽度、不同频率调制形式的微波脉冲通过螺旋波导后的功率压缩比进行了计算和分析。计算表明:脉冲的频率调制形式对功率压缩比影响较大;相同频率调制形式下,脉冲长度越长,工作频带越宽,功率压缩比越高。为了获得尽可能高的功率压缩比,需对脉冲的频率变化方式进行调节,使其与螺旋波导色散特性匹配。同时还需要在高的功率压缩比和高的压缩效率之间做出权衡。计算得到,当注入脉冲的脉宽为40ns、工作频带为8.8~9.5GHz、频率调制形式与螺旋波导色散特性匹配时,功率压缩比达到了15,压缩效率约为40%。     

Coaxial Relativistic Backward Wave Oscillator and Coaxial Master Oscillator-Power Amplifier

A two and one half dimensional particle-in-cell code MAGIC has been used to investigate the nonlinear beam-wave interaction in a coaxial relativistic backward wave oscillator(RBWO) and optimize the dependence of the output power on electron beam nature parameter, slow wave structure geometry and magnetic guide field. The optimum conditions for the coaxial RBWO were obtained. The simulation results show: the coaxial RBWO can generate 3.2GW peak output power at 10.2GHz in the TM₀₂ made when an annular electron beam of 20KA is accelerated across a diode potential of 600KV and guided through a section of uniform coaxial corrugated waveguide by an axial magnetic field of 25KG, the peak efficiency is about 27% . A novel coaxial master oscillator–power amplifier was presented in this paper.     

Microwave source of multigigawatt peak power based on a relativistic backward-wave oscillator and a compressor

The effect of passive compression of frequency-modulated pulses in dispersive media is used to raise the microwave radiation peak power to a multigigawatt level. A waveguide with a helically corrugated surface is applied as a dispersive medium, and a relativistic 3-cm backward-wave oscillator with an accelerating voltage decaying within the pulse duration serves as a source of frequency-modulated pulses. The compression of pulses to an FWHM of 2.2 ns attended by a rise in the peak power by a factor of 4.5 (to 3.2 GW) is demonstrated with a SINUS-6 accelerator.     

Optimization of frequency-modulated pulse compression in a sectioned waveguide with a helically corrugated surface

A method of considerably elevating (by 20–30 times) the peak power of frequency-modulated microwave pulses by passive compression in a waveguide with a helically corrugated surface used as a dispersive medium is considered. It is shown that the use of a sectioned compression waveguide (i.e., a waveguide consisting of several sections connected to each other with slightly differing parameters) considerably improves precise tuning of the dispersion characteristic of the system to a desired law of frequency modulation of an input pulse. An algorithm for selecting optimal parameters of the sections is developed, and a high efficiency of the method is demonstrated by several examples.     

Nonlinear mid-IR radiation in two-frequency semiconductor lasers with a corrugated waveguide

The nonlinear generation of a difference frequency mode in an injection quantum-well semiconductor laser is considered. A laser based on the InGaAs/GaAs/InGaP heterostructure is proposed, which generates two modes in the 1-μm range and the difference mode in a corrugated waveguide in the range from 10 to 20 μm. It is shown that the power of the difference mode produced by a laser with a 100-μm-wide waveguide in the mid-IR range at room temperature can be as high as a few microwatts if the power of the short-wave modes is 10 W.     

Method for achievement of a multigigawatt peak power by compressing microwave pulses of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator in a helical waveguide

We show theoretically that the use of a circular oversized waveguide with a helically corrugated internal surface as a dispersive medium ensures efficient compression of frequency-modulated microwave pulses up to peak powers of about 10 GW. According to the calculations, a pulse with the required frequency modulation can be obtained in a relativistic backward-wave oscillator operated in the 3-cm wavelength range and producing an output power of hundreds of megawatts. In a demonstration experiment, a 80-ns pulse of kilowatt power with frequency modulation in a 5% band was compressed to a 1.5-ns pulse with a 25-fold power amplification. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 40–53, January 2007.     

电子束泵浦百焦耳级准分子激光实验研究

利用“闪光二号”相对论电子束加速器研制了百焦耳级ＸｅＣｌ和ＫｒＦ准分子激光器，激光器激活体积２４ｌ，输出口径２０×２０ｃｍ２，泵浦功率密度１．５～２．０ＭＷ／ｃｍ３。ＸｅＣｌ激光器最大能量１３６Ｊ，波长３０８ｎｍ，脉宽５０～１００ｎｓ，峰值功率１．５ＧＷ，采用虚共焦非稳腔技术，束散角达１．３ｍｒａｄ；ＫｒＦ激光最大能量１５７Ｊ，波长２４８ｎｍ，脉宽８０～１００ｎｓ，峰值功率２ＧＷ。     

Continuous-wave laser operation of Yb:LuVO4

We report on the room-temperature spectroscopic properties and continuous-wave laser operation of a new Yb:LuVO4 crystal. The peak absorption cross section for the pi-polarization is 8.42 x 10(-20) cm2 at 985 nm, and the stimulated emission cross section at 1020 nm is 1.03 x 10(-20) cm2. An output power of 0.36 W at 1041 nm was obtained with a slope efficiency of 47% by use of Ti:sapphire laser pumping. With diode pumping the output power reached 1.05 W at the highest available incident pump power of 6.8 W.     

Antenna Performance of a Directly Dug Corrugated Feedhorn for the 150-GHz Band

We have developed a 150 GHz band corrugated feed horn. These corrugated feed horns have been established by a new machining method, which involves digging corrugations through a metal material. We were able to realize E plane and H plane symmetry, low side lobe level, and low cross-polarization level. Measured co-polarization beam patterns above − 35 dB were consistent with the simulated patterns within a designed frequency range. The peak levels of cross-polarization beam patterns were less than − 30 dB. And, the performances were uniform in several horns. In the present paper, we describe the corrugated horn produced by this methods.     

格芯夹层结构散热性能的数值计算评估

为评估格芯夹层结构的传热性能以及代替传统的板式肋片结构应用于汽车散热系统中的可能性,文章对几种典型的格芯夹层结构（如kagome lattice,tetrahedral lattice和pyramidal lattice）和板式肋片（corrugated plate）结构实施了一系列的三维数值计算评估.通过对比相同Reynolds数下的传热系数和相同泵功率下的局部Nusselt数来评估各组结构的传热性能.结果显示,相同Reynolds数条件下,各组格芯夹层结构的传热系数较板式肋片结构均有提高,同时摩擦阻力也大幅度增大.在相同泵功率条件下,由于板式肋片结构所受形阻基本可以忽略,因此在较低泵功率范围内（< 1 500 W）,板式肋片的局部Nusselt数最大.随着泵功率的增长,当泵功率提高到3 000 W,tetrahedral的Nusselt数与板式肋片持平并进一步增大,显示出了格芯夹层结构的应用潜力.高传热性能而低摩擦阻力的格芯夹层结构完全有潜力代替传统的板式肋片结构应用于新型高效紧凑的散热系统中.      

波纹内导体返波振荡器的热腔特性

 导出了波纹内导体同轴慢波结构热腔色散方程，研究了周期波纹深度、电子注平均半径、电子注电流及加速电压对波纹内导体慢波结构的高频场时间增长率的影响。结果表明：慢波结构周期减小、波纹深度加深、电子注平均半径减小、电子注电流增大、加速电压增大均会使高频场时间增长率增大。建立了粒子模型并应用PIC粒子模拟软件进行仿真，对各影响参数进行优化，结果表明：当加速电压为0.5 MV、电子束电流85 kA、波纹周期长度4.4 cm、波纹幅度为0.23 cm、内轴平均半径为2.9 mm和外壁内径为4.4 cm时，可获得10 GHz，1.1 GW效率约25%的单频微波输出。     

高效率光参量转换

用一块6.5×9×20(长度)mm KTP晶体获得625nm～3575nm的皮秒可调谐激光.能量转换效率高达30%,最大信号光峰值功率34MW.     

High-gain Tm-doped fluoride fiber amplifier

A diode-pumped Tm-doped fiber-optic amplifier that has a small-signal gain of >30 dB at 1870 nm is reported. Output pulses of up to 3-W peak power at a 1-60-kHz repetition rate can be generated by amplification of 20-40-ns laser diode pulses of up to 2-mW launched peak power. The output signal quality, i.e., the ratio of the output pulse energy and the total amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) output energy between two pulses, depends on the relative propagation direction of pump and signal and can be dramatically increased by choice of the correct propagation scheme. In the optimum pump geometry the pulse energy can be raised to as much as 20 times the ASE energy. This is the first report to the author's knowledge of fiber-optic amplification of short diode laser pulses near 1.9 microm with high repetition rates in Tm-doped fibers.     

Manipulation of cold atoms by an adaptable magnetic reflector

Adaptive optics for cold atoms has been experimentally realized by applying a bias magnetic field to a static magnetic mirror. The mirror consist of a 12-mm-diameter piece of commercial videotape, having a sine wave of wavelength 25.4 μm recorded in a single track across its width, curved to form a concave reflector with radius of curvature R=54 mm. We have studied the performance of the mirror by monitoring the evolution of a 24 μK cloud of ⁸⁵Rb atoms bouncing on it. A uniform static external magnetic field was added to the mirror field causing a corrugated potential from which the atoms bounce with increased angular spread. The characteristic angular distribution of the surface normal is mapped at the peak of the bounce for atoms dropped from a height of R/2 and at the peak of the second bounce for a drop height of R/4. In a second experiment a time-dependent magnetic field was applied and the angular distribution of the cloud was measured as a function of field frequency. In this scheme we demonstrate a corrugated potential whose time-dependent magnitude behaves like a diffraction grating of variable depth. Finally a rotating field was added to generate a corrugated potential that moves with a velocity given by the product of the external field rotation frequency and the videotape wavelength. This travelling grating provides a new method of manipulation as cold atoms are transported across the surface by surfing along the moving wave. Two theoretical methods have been developed to predict the behaviour of atoms reflecting from these stationary, variable magnitude and moving corrugated potentials. A simple analytic theory provides excellent agreement for reflection from a stationary corrugated potential and gives good agreement when extended to the case of a travelling grating. A Monte Carlo simulation was also performed by brute force numeric integration of the equations of motion for atoms reflecting from all three corrugated potential cases. Received: 1 December 1999 / Revised version: 3 February 2000 / Published online: 5 April 2000     

新型高效汽水分离器的试验研究

汽水分离装置是核电站蒸汽发生器净化蒸汽的重要部件,其性能不仅会影响蒸汽发生器的上筒体尺寸、水循环性能及水位的稳定性,而且还会影响汽轮机的正常运行。由于波形板内的两相流动过程很复杂,目前国外对汽水分离器的研究仍以实验为主。本文则针对冷态条件下新型波形板汽水分离器的分离性能进行了试验研究,验证了二次携带现象的存在,并测量了双钩波形板汽水分离器的分离效率和压降,分析了挡板对分离效率的影响,获得了计算双钩波形板分离效率的经验公式,为波形板分离器的优化设计奠定了基础。     

Petawatt laser pulses

We have developed a hybrid Ti:sapphire-Nd:glass laser system that produces more than 1500 TW (1.5 PW) of peak power. The system produces 660 J of power in a compressed 440+/-20 fs pulse by use of 94-cm master diffraction gratings. Focusing to an irradiance of >7x10(20) W/cm (2) is achieved by use of a Cassegrainian focusing system employing a plasma mirror.     

The effect of ultrasound upon the oxidation of thiosulphate on stainless steel and platinum electrodes

Ultrasound was found to increase the oxidation peak current and hence the decomposition rate of thiosulphate 50-fold compared to silent conditions. The effects of the ultrasonic frequency (20 and 38 kHz) and power upon the electrochemical oxidation of thiosulphate in aqueous KCl (1 mol dm-3) at stationary stainless steel and platinum electrodes were studied chronoamperometrically and potentiostatically (at various scan rates). No sigmoidal-shaped voltammograms were observed for the redox couple S4O6(2-)/S2O3(2-) in the presence of ultrasound. However, application of ultrasound to this redox couple provided an increase in the oxidation peak current at the frequencies employed, the magnitude of which varied with concentration, scan rate and ultrasonic power. Under sonication at 20 and 38 kHz, the oxidation peak potential shifted anodically with increasing ultrasonic power. This anodic shift in potential may be due to the formation of hydroxyl radicals, changes in electrode surface composition and complex adsorption phenomena. The large increase in oxidation peak currents and the rates of decomposition of thiosulphate, in the presence of ultrasound, are explained in terms of enhanced mass transfer at the electrode due to cavitation and acoustic streaming together with microstreaming coupled with adsorption phenomena. It is also shown that changes in macroscopic temperature throughout the experiment are insufficient to cause the observed enhanced diffusion.     

Spectroscopy and continuous-wave diode-pumped laser action of Yb3+:YVO4

The growth, spectroscopic properties, and laser performance of Yb:YVO4 crystal with laser diode pumping are reported. A peak absorption cross section of 7.4 x 10(-20) cm2 at 985 nm, a radiative lifetime of 0.25 ms, and a stimulated-emission cross section of 1.25 x 10(-20) cm2 at 1008 nm for pi polarization were determined for the Yb3+ ions in YVO4. Continuous-wave laser action of Yb:YVO4 at 1020-1027 nm was demonstrated with an output power of 610 mW and a slope efficiency of 49%.     

Theoretical model of a planar waveguide refractive index sensor assisted by a corrugated long period metal grating

A theoretical model of a novel planar integrated refractive index sensor based on surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) excitation with a corrugated metal long period grating (LPG) is presented and comprehensively investigated. The main principle of the operation this device is based on co-directional energy transfer by means of a corrugated metal LPG between a p-polarized guided mode propagating in a waveguide layer and the SPP propagating a metal layer separated from the waveguide layer by a buffer. The corrugated LPG is engraved in the metal layer in contact with the sensed medium. The power transmitted through the LPG in the guided mode serves as an input signal for an interrogation unit. This device is free from any moving parts and can be simply integrated into any planar waveguide system. Our sensor simulations are based on the local-normal-mode transfer matrix method and performed in telecom wavelength range.