Linear Study of a Large-orbit Coaxial-waveguide Cyclotron Autoresonance Maser Amplifier

A linear theory based on Maxwell-Vlasov equations and the Laplace transform is presented to describe the large-orbit coaxial-waveguide cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) amplifier. A 35-GHz, TE_5,1-mode large-orbit coaxial-waveguide CARM amplifier is specifically analyzed. Good agreement between the linear theory and the nonlinear simulations is found in the exponentially growing region of the wave. Results show that the operating magnetic field and the electron-beam energy and average radius substantially affect the power, and especially, a small beam current may be unsuitable to a large-orbit CARM amplifier operation.     

Efficiency Enhancement of Coaxial-Cavity Electron Cyclotron Resonance Maser by Tapering Guide Magnetic Field

A coaxial-cavity cyclotron resonance maser (CRM) oscillator with tapered guide magnetic field is proposed. It is shown that the transmission quality can be improved by tapering the guide magnetic field. Simulation indicates that the efficiency of a millimeter-wave gyrotron oscillator may be reached up to 38.7% by optimizing the tapered magnetic field.     

Gyrokinetics of Coaxial-Cavity Electron Cyclotron Maser

Based on the gyrokinetics of free-electron masers, the energy-transfer rate and starting current are derived for a coaxial-cavity electron cyclotron maser (gyrotron oscillator) with the misalignment of the inner-rod axis to the outer-cavity axis taken into account. The effect of the finite cavity length is included in the derivation. The stable term of the instability which results from the contribution of the guiding-center distribution is of significance, although it is usually neglected in a cylindrical-cavity gyrotron. It is found that the structure misalignment has more serious influence on the performance of the coaxial cavity gyrotron than the beam misalignment.     

Experimental Examination of Gyrokinetics of Electron Cyclotron Maser

In this paper the linear and quasi-linear kinetic theories of the electron cyclotron maser are introduced and experimantal examination is made. It is indicated that the transverse momentum spread of the electron beam has critical value; as it grows upto the critical value in the process of the beam-wave interaction, the electron cyclotron maser runs to saturation. Comparison shows good agreement between the theories and a typical experiment.     

外开槽同轴波导大轨道回旋自谐振脉塞放大器

运用大轨道电子束,对外开槽同轴波导回旋自谐振放大器进行了线性动力学理论分析和非线性自洽模型模拟。由线性动力学理论分析和非线性模拟得到的结果在线性增长部分吻合得很好。为了有效抑制绝对不稳定性,对电子束流的选择进行了讨论。计算结果表明：对于电压为700 kV, 电流为100 A, 电子束纵横向速度比为0.8的大轨道电子束, TE51外开槽同轴波导回旋自谐振脉塞放大器的峰值功率和峰值效率分别可以达到6.27 MW和8.96%。     

A scheme to enhance the conversion efficiency of slow‐wave electron cyclotron masers in the large signal approximation

Based on the anomalous Doppler effect, we propose a scheme to improve the practicability of slow‐wave electron cyclotron masers in the large signal approximation. This scheme simultaneously contains the tapered guiding magnetic field and tapered refractive index. Numerical calculations show that this scheme enables the conversion efficiency to reach a higher value within a shorter time than previous schemes. Besides, this scheme also works well in the cases of THz wave band and beam axial‐velocity spread.     

THz回旋自谐振脉塞多模束波互作用非线性模拟

为了有效分析模式竞争,建立了回旋自谐振脉塞（CARM）多模束波互作用自洽非线性理论模型,并具体模拟研究了工作模式为TM51、频率为0.35 THz的高阶横磁模CARM中大轨道相对论电子束与多电磁模式的互作用过程。模拟结果表明：与回旋管不同,THz频段CARM可以有效工作于高阶TM模式,且具有较高的输出功率和增益;通过对工作参数的优化,可使工作模式的功率增长具有绝对优势,而竞争模式得到有效抑制;高阶TM模式THz频段CARM的性能对工作参数的变化十分敏感,在参数设计过程中必须对其进行多模束波互作用模拟分析。     

THz回旋自谐振脉塞多模束波互作用非线性模拟

为了有效分析模式竞争,建立了回旋自谐振脉塞（CARM）多模束波互作用自洽非线性理论模型,并具体模拟研究了工作模式为TM51、频率为0.35 THz的高阶横磁模CARM中大轨道相对论电子束与多电磁模式的互作用过程。模拟结果表明:与回旋管不同,THz频段CARM可以有效工作于高阶TM模式,且具有较高的输出功率和增益;通过对工作参数的优化,可使工作模式的功率增长具有绝对优势,而竞争模式得到有效抑制;高阶TM模式THz频段CARM的性能对工作参数的变化十分敏感,在参数设计过程中必须对其进行多模束波互作用模拟分析。     

Linear theory of an electron cyclotron maser operating at the fundamental

The linear theory of an electron cyclotron maser (ECM) operating at the fundamental is developed. A set of analytic expressions, valid for all TE cavity modes, is derived for the starting current and frequency detuning using the Vlasov-Maxwell equations in the weakly relativistic limit. These results are applicable for an arbitrary electron velocity distribution as well as any longitudinal distribution of the RF field. It is shown that the starting current can be expressed in a simple form which contains the Fourier trans-form of the longitudinal field distribution. Analytic results are presented for specific longitudinal field variations, including uniform, sinusoidal, and Gaussian. It is found that the starting characteristics of an ECM are strongly influenced by the axial dependence of the RF field, but weakly affected by the velocity spread of the electron beam. The problem of multimode oscillation is treated in the linear theory by using a Slater expansion of the cavity field. The complete formulation for mode competition based on this expansion is presented and preliminary results are derived. This comprehensive analysis of ECM linear theory should be useful as a diagnostic of ECM performance and should facilitate comparison between theory and experiment.Work supported by U.S.D.O.E. Contract DE-AC-02-80ER52059Supported by U.S. Department of EnergySupported by National Science Foundation     

Eigen electromagnetic waves of a coaxial waveguiding structure filled by a non‐uniform dissipative plasma with azimuthal magnetic field

This paper studies the propagation and spatial attenuation of high‐frequency eigen‐symmetric and dipolar electromagnetic waves along a coaxial plasma–metal waveguiding structure that contains a slightly axial and strong radial non‐uniform cylindrical plasma slab in an external azimuthal non‐uniform magnetic field. The influence of such parameters as the effective electron collision frequency, the direct current value producing the external azimuthal magnetic field, parameters that characterize plasma density radial profile, and waveguide geometric parameters on the dispersion, spatial attenuation, and radial field structure of the waves is considered. The regions of waveguiding structure parameters where the electromagnetic wave properties can be effectively controlled are studied and analyzed.     

采用坡度磁场提高同轴腔电子回旋管的效率

通过选择适当电子初始的横纵向速度比,并引进坡度磁场的方法,来提高同轴腔电子回旋微波激射器效率。非线性模拟表明,用这种办法可以将德国卡尔斯鲁研究中心研制的同轴腔电子回旋微波激射振荡器的实验效率,从26.7%提高到31.5%。这种效率放大的物理机制是：坡度磁场改变了相对论电子的运动条件,有效地改善了波束互作用过程中电子的群聚状态,使电子束有更多的动能转换为电磁能,从而提高了电子束的换能效率。     

回旋速调管注-波互作用非线性理论研究

利用自洽非线性理论对回旋速调管放大器中的电子注-波互作用进行了时域瞬态分析,建立了多腔回旋速调管非线性理论,给出了相应的电子运动方程和复数形式的互作用瞬态场方程。给出并分析了一支工作在TE01模Ka波段四腔回旋速调管注-波互作用的数值计算结果,当电子注电压为72.8 kV,电流为11.8 A,速度零散为5%时,可以得到335 kW的最大饱和功率输出,39.6%的电子效率及320 MHz的饱和带宽,与实验值相比较,二者较为吻合。     

Investigation of a wideband folded double-ridged waveguide slow-wave system

The folded double-ridged waveguide structure is presented and its properties used for wide-band traveling-wave tube are investigated.Expressions of dispersion characteristics,normalized phase velocity and interaction impedance of this structure are derived and numerically calculated.The calculated results using our theory agree well with those obtained by using the 3D electromagnetic simulation software HFSS.Influences of the ridge-loaded area and broad-wall dimensions on the high frequency characteristics of the novel slow-wave structure are discussed.It is shown that the folded double-ridged waveguide structure has a much wider relative passband than the folded waveguide slow-wave structure and a relative passband of 67% could be obtained,indicating that this structure can operate in broad-band frequency ranges of beam-wave interaction.The small signal gain property is investigated for ensuring the improvement of bandwidth.Meanwhile,with comparable dispersion characteristics,the transverse section dimension of this novel structure is much smaller than that of conventional one,which indicates an available way to reduce the weight of traveling-wave tube.     

回旋速调管注-波互作用非线性理论研究

 利用自洽非线性理论对回旋速调管放大器中的电子注-波互作用进行了时域瞬态分析,建立了多腔回旋速调管非线性理论,给出了相应的电子运动方程和复数形式的互作用瞬态场方程。给出并分析了一支工作在TE01模Ka波段四腔回旋速调管注-波互作用的数值计算结果,当电子注电压为72.8 kV,电流为11.8 A,速度零散为5%时,可以得到335 kW的最大饱和功率输出,39.6%的电子效率及320 MHz的饱和带宽,与实验值相比较,二者较为吻合。     

Linear Theory of Plasma-Filled Coaxial Cylindrical Cherenkov Maser

Injection of background plasma into the beam-wave interaction region can greatly enhance the beam-wave interaction efficiency and the microwave output power of the device. In this paper, a new type of plasma-filled slow-wave structure, i.e., plasma-filled, dielectric-loaded coaxial cylindrical waveguide with a dielectric ring enclosing tightly the inner conductor, is developed. The Cherenkov radiation excited by the beam-wave interaction in the slow-wave structure is examined by use of the self-consistent linear field theory. The dispersion equation and the synchronized condition of the beam-wave interaction are derived. It's clearly shown that the Cherenkov radiation excited by the beam-wave interaction results from the coupling between the slow electromagnetic wave, TM-modes, propagated along the slow-wave structure and the negative-energy space-charge wave propagated along the relativistic electron beam. And the wave growth rate is solved, and the beam-wave energy exchange in the presence of the background plasma is discussed. Finally, the effects of the background plasma density on the dispersion characteristics, the distribution of the longitudinal fluctuating electric field, the wave growth rate and the beam-wave energy exchange are calculated and discussed.     

Gyrotron travelling wave amplifier: III. A proposed wide-band fast wave amplifier

A simple scheme is proposed for the construction of a wide-band fast wave gyrotron travelling wave amplifier. The key features of this scheme include a contoured waveguide, a tapered magnetic field, and injection of input signals in opposite direction of the streaming electrons. Bandwidths at tens of percents, and gain at tens of decibals, are projected.     

Ka波段二次谐波损耗波导回旋行波管非线性分析

建立了由损耗段和铜段组成的波导结构的Ka波段二次谐波回旋行波放大器理论模型,并进行了非线性理论研究。基于稳定性分析,确定35 GHz TE02模二次谐波回旋行波放大器的基本工作参数:波导半径为1.02 cm,电子注工作电压为90 kV,工作电流为25 A,工作磁场为0.642 6 T,横纵速度比为1.2;然后通过模拟详细分析了工作电流、波导损耗和速度零散等因素对该放大器性能的影响。研究表明：在该结构中损耗段可以有效地抑制模式竞争从而提高输出功率和带宽;工作电流对输出功率的影响存在最大值;速度零散对输出功率有很大的影响。     

半导体光放大器非线性失真特性实验研究

对半导体光放大器（SOA）用于1 310 nm残留边带幅度调制（AM-VSB）视频光信号放大时的非线性失真特性进行了实验研究.分析了非线性失真机理.给出了当输入光信号波长位于SOA增益谱下降沿且输入光信号功率较大时,SOA所引入的非线性失真主要由其增益随输入光信号功率变化而波动所造成的结论和对应表达式.提出了减小非线性失真的方法.设计了适合于AM-VSB视频光信号放大的SOA并用于有线电视（CATV）系统实验.研究结果表明,在300 mA的工作电流下,SOA在载频647.25 MHz处引入的组合二阶互调失真（CSO）在－42 dB～－38 dB之间,并随输入光信号功率的增加而变大.     

回旋速调放大器输入谐振腔分析及数值模拟

输入谐振腔将波导输入的高频信号转化为内腔中工作模式的驻波场,以实现对回旋电子注角向速度的调制。对输入谐振腔的同轴谐振腔和两端开孔的圆柱谐振腔分别进行了解析分析,数值计算中引入修正来反应耦合狭缝的影响,几min就能完成一种结构尺寸的计算分析。通过优化得到输入谐振腔的初步结构和尺寸,然后利用三维高频分析软件HFSS进行精确的模拟和修正,提高模式转化效率和纯度,获得了高性能的输入谐振腔。     

掺铒磷酸盐玻璃波导放大器的特性研究

研究了掺铒磷酸盐玻璃波导放大器的特性。利用重叠因子将980nm光抽运的掺铒玻璃波导放大器四能级模型的速率-传输方程进行化简,在考虑上转换效应和放大自发发射的情况下．利用数值模拟的方法,得到了掺铒玻璃波导放大器的增益与Er^3 离子浓度、抽运功率、波导长度等参量之间的关系曲线;同时模拟出放大自发发射曲线并与实验测量结果进行比较。结果表明在考虑上转换效应和放大自发发射的情况下,理论结果和实验测量结果是一致的。同时看到,选择合适的铒离子浓度是制作掺铒玻璃波导放大器的关键;并且为了全面发挥掺铒玻璃波导放大器的性能,需要抽运功率、波导长度等各个参量配合起来。