碳纳米管和天鹅绒阴极强流发射特性的对比研究

采用电泳沉积法、碳纳米管纸和化学气相沉积直接生长法制备了三种碳纳米管阴极. 从强流发射性能、阴极等离子体膨胀、阴极起动、发射均匀性、工作稳定性以及脉冲放气特性等多个方面, 对比研究了碳纳米管阴极和化纤天鹅绒阴极的强流发射特性, 研究表明碳纳米管阵列和碳纳米管纸阴极发射性能明显优于普通化纤天鹅绒, 碳纳米管阴极发射性能与碳纳米管取向无关, 管壁的缺陷发射对无序碳纳米管阴极强流发射具有重要贡献. 碳纳米管阴极的起动场强约为普通化纤天鹅绒的2/3, 电场上升率相同时碳纳米管阴极比化纤天鹅绒阴极起动时间短12–17 ns. 碳纳米管阴极发射均匀性优于化纤天鹅绒, 尤其是碳纳米管阵列, 整个阴极表面等离子体光斑致密且均匀. 在二极管本底气压为6×10^-3 Pa时, 碳纳米管纸阴极对应的二极管峰值气压不到0.3 Pa, 约为普通化纤天鹅绒阴极的1/5, 碳纳米管阵列阴极放气量在三种阴极中最少, 仅为0.042 Pa. 结果表明, 碳纳米管阴极在强流电子束源和相关高功率微波器件领域具有潜在的应用价值.     

碳纤维阴极发射均匀性的实验研究

 分别用自制浸渍碘化铯（CsI）针式环状碳纤维阴极和环状不锈钢阴极所产生的电子束轰击尼龙目击靶,研究碳纤维阴极发射均匀性。在碳纤维阴极电子束轰击的目击靶上得到了均匀的烧蚀痕迹,而不锈钢阴极电子束轰击的目击靶上烧蚀痕迹不均匀,表明碳纤维阴极发射电子束的均匀性优于不锈钢阴极。分析认为两阴极不同的发射机制及其所特有的材料性质和结构导致其发射电子束均匀性的差异。用光学显微镜和电子显微镜对不锈钢阴极尖端和碳纤维阴极尖端和侧面进行扫描,发现不锈钢阴极仅尖端处被烧蚀,而碳纤维阴极尖端和侧面都有烧蚀痕迹,验证了碳纤维阴极由场发射和表面闪络共同作用的发射机制的假设分析。     

天鹅绒阴极发射性能的实验研究

在长脉冲(50～100ns)和短脉冲(3ns)条件下,我们对天鹅绒阴极的发射性能进行了实验研究。其阴极电流密度分别为400A/cm~2和7kA/cm~2。 我们分别测量了电流-电压曲线,使用Cherenkov效应得到了阴极发射图象,得到了天鹅绒纤维的扫描电镜照片并测量了天鹅绒阴极的实验结构。在此基础上讨论了天鹅绒阴极的发射机理。     

天鹅绒阴极二极管的实验研究

 介绍了天鹅绒阴极二极管的结构及天鹅绒阴极的设计,给出了二极管参数的测量方法及结果。对三种不同材料的天鹅绒阴极进行了实验研究,获得了大面积均匀电子束,并对电子束的横向及径向均匀性进行了诊断。实验结果表明：二极管工作状态接近的条件下,3种材料的天鹅绒阴极所获得的大面积电子束均匀性相近,而与天鹅绒的材料基本无关。     

天鹅绒阴极产生的强流双脉冲电子束特性

 通过一台2 MeV直线感应型强流电子注入器建立的双脉冲功率源系统,实验研究了天鹅绒阴极产生的相对论性猝发双脉冲强流电子束基本特性,给出了双脉冲电子束的积分发射度、亮度和双脉冲电子束时间分辨包络变化情况。研究结果表明：天鹅绒阴极产生的双脉冲的亮度达到108 A·(m·rad)^-2;实验得到的两个脉冲电子束包络半径不完全一致,这是由于天鹅绒阴极在发射电子束过程中产生的阴极等离子体对真空二极管的影响程度不同所导致的。     

碳纤维阴极的电子发射机制

 建立了金属阴极和碳纤维阴极的电子发射机制模型,发射后的阴极和碳纤维阴极的微观照片证实了模型的正确性。实验结果与分析表明：一种优化的阴极应该具备多种电子发射机制,整个阴极的电子发射更均匀,碳纤维阴极的电子发射不仅具有尖端的场发射,而且伴随着侧向的表面闪络(随纹)。此外和金属阴极相比较,处理后碳纤维阴极具有较慢的等离子体膨胀速度(≤1 cm/μs)并使该实验用微波源具有较宽的微波脉冲输出(≥200 ns)。     

天鹅绒与碳纳米管阴极强流脉冲发射特性

在2 MeV直线感应加速器注入器平台上开展了天鹅绒阴极与碳纳米管阴极的强流脉冲发射特性综合实验。研究结果表明:天鹅绒阴极与碳纳米管阴极均具有强流脉冲发射性能,在1.61 MV的二极管电压下,天鹅绒阴极与碳纳米管的发射电流密度分别为84,108 A/cm2;启动时间分别为21,40 ns;放气量分别为0.29,0.91 PaL;放出气体分子数目与发射电子数目之比分别为64,225;两种冷阴极强流脉冲发射时的放气质谱相似。     

碳纤维阴极对输出脉宽及能量的影响

 在反射三极管实验平台上,通过浸渍碘化铯(CsI)碳纤维阴极与不锈钢阴极实验对比,研究了碳纤维阴极对虚阴极振荡器输出微波脉宽及能量的影响。实验得出碳纤维阴极虚阴极振荡器输出微波脉宽约200 ns,较不锈钢阴极虚阴极振荡器增加了30%;对输出微波脉宽面积近似积分,得出碳纤维阴极虚阴极振荡器与不锈钢阴极虚阴极振荡器的输出微波脉宽面积比值约为2.273,表明碳纤维阴极虚阴极振荡器输出微波能量是不锈钢阴极虚阴极振荡器的2倍左右。分析认为碳纤维阴极的材料特性及其综合发射机制导致阴阳极间等离子体膨胀速度及温度降低,延缓了阴阳极间隙的闭合,从而增加了输出微波脉宽,提高了微波输出能量。     

天鹅绒阴极脉冲放气及重复频率运行真空特性

为获得天鹅绒阴极加电运行时的放气信息,在加速器Torch-02(电压约300 kV、脉宽约6 ns、电阻约100Ω、频率1~300 Hz)上开展了单次及重复频率下的真空兼容性实验研究。对于发射面积为28 cm2、阴阳极间距50 mm、有效抽速62 L/s、容积为4.6 L的真空二极管-天鹅绒阴极系统,根据不同电流发射密度时的气压历史曲线,确定了单位面积上天鹅绒表面中性气体释放数目与脉冲能量的关系。通过实时记录不同频率下的气压演化,在本底气压约5×10-3Pa、单脉冲能量约6 J条件下,得到了平衡压强与重复频率的变化关系:10~100 Hz时,平衡压强与重复频率近似呈线性递增;超过100 Hz时,真空恶化明显,气压随频率呈超线性增长,300 Hz时平衡压强已升至Pa量级。最后,针对重复频率运行时的放气特点,讨论了一种"分布式"抽气思想以改善系统有效抽速。     

碳碳复合阴极在相对论速调管放大器中的应用北大核心CSCD

研制了一种碳纤维分布具有高取向性的碳碳复合材料,并采用该材料制作的阴极开展了相对论速调管放大器的实验研究。实验结果表明:碳碳复合阴极爆炸发射的点火机制以尖端场增强为主,运行1000发后碳纤维结构稳定,重复频率25Hz运行时输出微波功率大于1GW,脉冲宽度大于100ns,阴极发射电流密度约3.82kA/cm2。碳碳复合阴极在启动速度、电流延迟时间及阻抗特性等方面性能还有待进一步的研究。     

Multi-pulsed intense electron beam emission from velvet,carbon fibers,carbon nano-tubes and dispenser cathodes

The experimental results of studies of four kinds of cathode emitting intense electron beams are demonstrated under multi-pulsed mode based on an experimental setup including two multi-pulse high voltage sources.The tested cathodes include velvet,carbon fibers,carbon nano-tubes(CNTs)and dispenser cathodes.The results indicate that all four are able to emit multi-pulsed beams.For velvet,carbon fiber and CNTs,the electron induced cathode plasma emission may be the main process and this means that there are differences in beam parameters from pulse to pulse.For dispenser cathodes tested in the experiment,although there is a little difference from pulse to pulse for some reason,thermal-electric field emission may be the main process.     

Characteristics of polymer velvet as field emitters under high-current pulsed discharge

In this paper we investigated the surface morphology and emission property of polymer velvet in a cathode test system powered by a ∼400 ns, ∼400 kV pulsed generator. After a series of pulse shots, the velvet surface exhibited an obvious decrease in the amount of emitters, namely, the smoothing of microprotrusions, indicating a lower field enhancement factor or a higher turn-on electric field than that for no shots. As the velvet cathode lifetime proceeded, the beam degradation was observed in terms of the voltage pulse length, maximum emission current, and rise time of diode current. Further, the average current density significantly decreased during a 100 pulse shot test, from 280 to 160 A/cm². The surface discharge caused many plasma spots on the velvet surface. The cathode plasma expands towards the anode, directly leading to the diode gap closure. The degradation in the velvet performance after high-current emission may be related to this behavior of cathode plasma. Finally, the electron emission mechanisms, how to affect the surface morphology of velvet, are presented.     

常见场致发射阴极材料的发射特性

利用三阴极加速器平台,对不锈钢、黄铜、铝、天鹅绒和石墨等几种常见场致发射材料的电流发射能力、相对启动延迟时间及其抖动进行了实验研究。实验结果表明:在二极管电压近似恒定时,不锈钢阴极启动时间延迟抖动小于8 ns,天鹅绒阴极及石墨阴极启动时间延迟抖动小于4 ns;且材料在阴极频繁工作时启动时间加快;常见金属材料中不锈钢阴极的综合性能较好;非金属材料中,天鹅绒阴极的发射能力最强,且发射延迟时间最短,但考虑到天鹅绒材料严重的出气问题,非金属材料中以石墨阴极的性能为优。     

Effect of cathode end caps and a cathode emissive surface onrelativistic magnetron operation

Cathode plasma expansion into a vacuum gap is one of the major physical mechanisms affecting the relativistic magnetron (RM) performance and causing so-called RF pulse shortening. This paper will show how the development of new cathode technologies has led to a significant enhancement of the RM efficiency and power. We have conducted a series of experiments with various cathodes intended for use in RM's. A primary objective in this research was to determine how the cathode geometry and type of emission surface would influence major characteristics of the L-band high-power RM in a rising-sun configuration. In these experiments, the magnetron operated at a fixed frequency of 1.3 GHz, voltage of 100-500 kV, total electron current of 2-8 kA, and total microwave peak power of 100-700 MW depending on operating conditions and type of cathode used. It was found that the geometry (smooth cylindrical, series of disks, pins) and the type of cathode emission surface (stainless steel, velvet, carbon fibers) affected the magnetron performance. This process resulted in a variation of the maximum microwave power of ~30%. The cathode end caps, which have been mostly abandoned after transition from classic to RM's, were shown to be able to increase the microwave power and RM efficiency by ~80% without facilitating the pulse shortening effect. This result was achieved through the implementation of cathode design principles that are compatible with the operation of RM's. A maximum total efficiency of 24% was achieved with a velvet cathode with end caps, determined as the ratio of peak power to input electrical power     

猝发强流多脉冲电子束源物理设计

给出一台脉冲间隔100～1 000 ns、脉冲数2~5个、二极管电压3 MV、引出束流强度2.5 kA的猝发多脉冲电子束源的物理设计及初步调试结果。在设计中,采用感应叠加和阻抗匹配方案获得二极管高电压脉冲;试验中分别采用天鹅绒和大发射面储备式热阴极获得猝发多脉冲电子束。调试结果表明:采用大发射面热阴极可避免阴极等离子体产生,确保二极管在猝发多脉冲状态下稳定运行。初步调试获得大于2.7 MV猝发三脉冲二极管高压,并获得1.6 kA的三脉冲电子束流。