Influence of Voltage Fluctuations on Gyrotron Efficiency and Stability

Influence of power supply voltage instability on gyrotron operation regime is investigated. Dependence of efficiency versus variations of external parameters is given and conditions of oscillations cutoff are determined. It is shown that positive voltage fluctuations result in sharp falling efficiency and failure of self-oscillations and the steadiest gyrotrons are those with short cavities and the large ratio of transverse electron speed to longitudinal one around 1.5 - 2. Comparison of theoretical and experimental results is given.     

Efficiency Enhancement of the Relativistic Gyrotron

Different numerical models of relativistic gyrotrons are compared. The possibility of optimizing the cavity parameters is considered. Dependences of the efficiency and optimal parameters on the accelerating voltage are obtained. It is shown that an efficiency of 35 to 45% can be achieved in a strongly relativistic gyrotron without energy recovery, and of 60 to 70% in the case of single-stage recovery of the electron beam energy.     

Influence of Reflections of the Output Port on Beam-wave Interaction in Gyrotron Traveling Wave Amplifier

Based on the nonlinear self-consistent theory of gyrotron traveling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA), the influence of the reflections of the output port with the taper on the beam-wave interaction in the gyro-TWA is studied. The simulation results show that the reflections have great effects on the TE₀₁ mode gyro-TWA operating at the fundamental. The influence of the taper angle and the interaction length on the beam-wave interaction and the power profile is discussed and the corresponding physical mechanism is analyzed. The saturated output power keeps same approximately with the increase of the taper angle in the presence of reflection while the saturated gain decreases obviously.     

Efficiency Enhancement of the Relativistic Gyrotron

The possibilities to increase efficiency of relativistic gyrotrons by optimizing gyrotron parameters have been considered and different calculated models of gyrotrons, compared. Dependencies of the efficiency and optimal parameters on the accelerating voltage have been obtained. It is shown that efficiency of 35-45% can be achieved in a strongly relativistic gyrotron without energy recovery, and 60-70%, in the device with single stage energy recovery of the electron beam.     

Reflections Influence on the Gyrotron Oscillation Regimes

Influence of some types of reflections on oscillatory processes in gyrotrons has been studied. Estimations of the conditions for oscillation stability in the presence of a reflected signal are given. The processes in a gyrotron with a fixed structure of the RF field have been modeled numerically, and enhancement of the spectrum signal in the presence of reflections has been studied.     

Temporal Dynamics of Mode Interaction in Submillimeter-Wave Second-Harmonic Gyrotron

Competition of the operating modes at the second cyclotron harmonic with spurious modes at fundamental is studied numerically for the cases of gyrotron and traveling opposite spurious modes in the gyrotron FU II. This competition limits significantly the output power at the second harmonic. The results are in good agreement with experiments.     

Simulation of Mode Interaction in the Gyrotron FU CW I

A series of experiments carried out in order to study the operational performance and oscillation characteristics of a 300 GHz/3.5 kW gyrotron FU CW I have demonstrated a complicated behaviour which is attributed to multimoding phenomena. In this paper we present and discuss some initial results from computer simulation of mode interaction in this tube. They give a better insight in the underlying processes, possible excitation conditions of various competing modes and suggest some directions for continuation of this investigation.     

Analysis of a Disc-Loaded Circular Waveguide for Interaction Impedance of a Gyrotron Amplifier

A rigorous electromagnetic analysis of a circular waveguide loaded with axially periodic annular discs was developed in the fast-wave regime, considering finite axial disc thickness and taking into account the effect of higher order space harmonics in the disc-free region and higher order modal harmonics in the disc-occupied region of the structure. The quality of the disc-loaded circular waveguide was evaluated with respect to its azimuthal interaction impedance that has relevance to the gain of a gyrotron millimeter-wave amplifier (gyro-traveling-wave tube) in which such a loaded waveguide finds application as a wideband interaction structure. The results of electromagnetic analysis of the structure with respect to both the dispersion and azimuthal interaction impedance characteristics were validated against the commercially available code: high frequency structure simulator (HFSS). The analysis predicts that the value of the interaction impedance at a given frequency decreases with the increase of the disc hole radius and disc periodicity. The change of the axial disc thickness does not significantly change the value of the interaction impedance though it shifts the frequency range over which appreciable interaction impedance is obtained. Out of the three disc parameters, namely the disc hole radius, thickness and periodicity, the lattermost is most effective in controlling the value of the azimuthal interaction impedance. However, the passband of frequencies and the center frequency of the passband both decrease with the increase of the disc periodicity. Moreover, the disc periodicity that provides large azimuthal interaction impedance would in general be different from that giving the desired dispersion shape for wideband interaction in a gyro-TWT, suggesting a trade-off in the value of the disc periodicity to be chosen.     

Ten-Megawatt Pulsed Gyrotron with a 1-cm Wavelength and a 50% Efficiency

Development of a gyrotron driven by a relativistic electron beam and generating radiation at the wavelength 1 cm with an output power of 10 MW, an efficiency of 50%, and a pulse duration of a few hundreds of nanoseconds is reported.     

Influence of Interaction Retardation and Radiation Reaction on the Fano Resonance Efficiency in the System of Nanoparticles

The system of metallic nanospheroids in the field of monochromatic light wave under conditions of manifestation of the Fano resonance is considered. The dimensions of the nanospheroids are much smaller than the wavelength of the incident radiation, but distances between them can be arbitrary. An analysis is made of the influence of the interparticle interaction and the reaction field on the inhomogeneity of the energy distribution of the collective oscillations of electrons in the system (the Fano resonance efficiency). It is shown that both the retardation and the reaction field contribute to an increase in the resonance efficiency.     

An Experimental Study of the External-Signal Influence on the Oscillation Regime of a Megawatt Gyrotron

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - The radiation-frequency locking by an external signal is experimentally studied for a megawatt gyrotron. An external signal from a magnetron is applied to the...     

Gyrotron based on a superconducting magnet

The replacement of conventional pulsed magnetic field coils previously used to generate the intra-cavity B-field with an 11T superconducting magnet is reported. The resulting more stable mm-wave output pulse is shown and the refurbishment requirements of both the field emission, field-immersed, cold cathode and Marx bank spark gaps demonstrated. This system proved to be tunable, oscillating from 20GHz up to 110GHz, with peak power levels of 450kW and 300kW respectively. Other operating parameters were also examined including mm-wave pulse length as a function of anode-cathode position. The pulse length increased from 87±6ns to 310±10ns with a 2.5 cm horizontal transit of the cathode away from the anode. A similar effect was witnessed with the increase of the intra-cavity B-field from 1.00T to 5.00T resulting in the mm-wave pulse duration increasing from 250±40ns. Second harmonic operation of the cavity resulted in 0.5kW of radiation observed at 96GHz. The pulse-to-pulse mm-wave stability coupled with the mode selectivity of the ohmic-Q-dominated cavity resulted in the identification of several oscillating modes including the TE₁₂, cut-off frequency 21.1 GHz, the TE₀₂, cut-off frequency 29.1 GHz, the TE₃₅ at 74 GHz and the TE_14,2, at 88GHz.     

High-Voltage Ka-Band Gyrotron Experiment

A new high-voltage, intense-beam, Ka-band gyrotron experiment is underway using a 350-400-keV 0.5-1-kA beam from a short-pulse Febetron pulser. High-power operation at 35 GHz has been observed, with 20 MW (±3 dB) produced at ~8.5-percent efficiency in a "whispering-gallery" TE62 mode. Operation in other modes and at other frequencies has also been studied.     

Gyrokinetic Analysis of Influence of Electron Beam Eccentricity on Operation of Higher-Order Mode in a Coaxial Cavity Gyrotron

A gyrokinetic analysis is presented to the influence of the electron beam eccentricity on the power and starting current of a coaxial cavity gyrotron, which operates in a higher-order mode TE_{31, 17, 1} with a frequency of 165 GHz. It is found that the starting current becomes larger because of the existence of the electron-beam eccentricity. Especially, the power will be decreased substantially by the electron beam eccentricity, for example, down to 93% of the power without any eccentricity even if the eccentricity is 1% of the outer conductor radius. The acceptable range of the electron beam voltage and operating magnetic field for the establishment of the electromagnetic oscillation is narrowed by the electron-beam eccentricity.     

Influence of Hyperon-Hyperon Interaction on Properties of Hadronic Star

The influences of hyperon-hyperon interaction on the overall properties of hadronic star are investigated in the framework of relativistic mean field （RMF） theory. For certain hyperon coupling, the weaker hyperon-hyperon interaction can lead to the heavier hadronic star, which accords with the observation of heavy neutron star in X-ray binaries. We find that the threshold densities of the hyperons with larger masses are brought to a lower values with the increase of the hyperon-hyperon interaction. The possibility of the existence of hyperon star is checked with the consideration of hyperon-hyperon interaction.     

A Continuously Tunable Ka-Band Gyrotron

An experimental study was carried out to test the concept of using a gyrotron with a tapered circuit in a uniform magnetic field as a high-power tunable source of millimeter-wave radiation. It was demonstrated that the device can be used as either an oscillator or an amplifier with the operating frequency tunable by varying the magnetic field. In the oscillator mode, the tube produced a peak output power of 500-750 W with the frequency continuously tunable from 30 to 39 GHz. As an amplifier mode, the tube demonstrated an electronic gain of ~23 dB at a magnetically tunable center frequency with an instantaneous bandwidth of ~5 percent. The stability characteristics of the amplifier were also investigated.     

Self-Consistent Effects on the Starting Current of Gyrotron Oscillators

Self-consistent effects on the starting current of gyrotron oscillators are examined. Field profiles in the open cavity are shown to be sensitive to the interaction dynamics. This can either significantly raise or lower the oscillation threshold, particularly for the low-Q modes. The transition from resonant-mode oscillations at the low magnetic field to backward-wave oscillations at the high magnetic field is demonstrated.     

Gyrokinetic Analysis of Electron-Beam-Misalignment Effect on a Far-Infrared Gyrotron

Gyrokinetic study is presented to the effect of the electron-beam misalignment on a far-infrared cylindrical-cavity gyrotron oscillator constructed by a Japanese research group. Agreement is found between the theory and the experimental observation. The influences of the operating magnetic field and the electron-beam energy are discussed with the electron-beam misalignment taken into account. It is found that the starting current notably increased because of the existence of the electron-beam misalignment.