Mechanism of radiation pulse shortening in plasma relativistic microwave generator

The causes of emission quenching in the plasma relativistic microwave generator are studied by numerical calculations using the particle-in-cell method. The process mechanism in which the plasma boundary moves from the coaxial collector edge with a velocity above 10⁷ cm/s is found. An electron flux with an energy of ～10⁵ eV and a current of ～10³ A is generated from the collector in the formed gap, which heats plasma and increases its potential. Microwave generation stops due to a multiple decrease in the wave reflectance from the collector. The use of the hollow collector is presumably a method for preventing microwave generation quenching.     

Increase in the average radiation power of a plasma relativistic microwave generator

The operation of a pulse-periodic plasma relativistic microwave generator with a pulsed power of 50 MW was experimentally studied. A change in the shapes of the electron collector and output unit allowed a significant increase in the average emission power. The microwave pulse duration was increased from 30 to 70 ns, and the repetition rate of microwave pulses was increased from 5 to 50 Hz.     

Controlling the radiation frequency of a plasma relativistic microwave oscillator during a nanosecond pulse

It is shown experimentally and by numerical simulation that the radiation frequency of a 50-MW plasma relativistic microwave oscillator can be varied within 15% during a 60-ns-wide pulse by varying the plasma concentration. The plasma is generated by pre-ionization of a low-pressure gas. When the degree of ionization increases in a microwave field, the radiation frequency rises. Conversely, when plasma electrons are forced out by the electrostatic field of a high-current relativistic electron beam, the radiation frequency declines. By appropriately selecting the initial gas pressure and degree of gas ionization, one can control both trends and thereby the radiation frequency.     

Variation in the radiation frequency of a plasma relativistic microwave oscillator within its nanosecond pulse

The radiation spectrum of a plasma relativistic microwave oscillator with a pulse power of 50 MW operating in the 10-GHz frequency range is studied experimentally. During a 60-ns-long microwave pulse, the radiation frequency may both remain constant and change by more than 1.5 GHz. The pressure of a gas that ionizes in the microwave field has a significant effect on the radiation frequency and thereby changes the concentration of a pregenerated plasma.     

Elimination of emission quenching of plasma relativistic microwave generator

The mechanism of the development of the effect of microwave pulse shortening in a plasma relativistic microwave generator with a power of 10⁸ W is determined using numerical simulation. Methods for eliminating the causes of microwave generation quenching are proposed. It is shown that the emission time can be significantly increased.     

Microwave pulse shortening in plasma relativistic high-current microwave electronics

We describe mechanisms of microwave pulse shortening in radiation sources with the power of about 10⁸ W based on interaction between relativistic electron beams of nanosecond duration and preformed plasma. The shortening is mainly due to the electron return flow through the plasma, which leads to a multiple decrease in the linear gain of the microwave by the relativistic electron beam and in the reflection coefficient of the plasma wave that provides the generator feedback. The ways to eliminate the effect of microwave pulse shortening are proposed.     

Determination of the cyclotron generation suppression band width in a plasma relativistic microwave generator

In a plasma-beam system in a finite magnetic field, along with Cherenkov resonance other resonances of beam and plasma waves occur. In a finite-length plasma waveguide, the concurrent wave excited by a beam at Cherenkov resonance is always partially reflected from the ends of the plasma waveguide. The reflected (counterrunning) wave provides feedback and leads to the occurrence of generation regime in such a system. Under the resonance condition for a normal Doppler effect the feedback is suppressed and the generation may cease. This effect can be used in experiments on creation of plasma microwave amplifiers in which microwave generation is harmful.     

High-power coaxial microwave ubitron: Simulation by the particle-in-cell method

Results of complete numerical simulation of a high-power coaxial microwave ubitron are reported. The simulation uses a 2.5-dimensional numerical electromagnetic code based on the particle-in-cell method and is performed for the amplification and oscillation operating modes. The results of our numerical simulation are compared with analytical results and results following from the nonlinear theory that are obtained by partial computer simulation.     

具有双电子束结构的双波段相对论返波振荡器粒子模拟研究

研究了一种能够同时产生C波段和X波段微波、具有双电子束结构的相对论返波振荡器,采用嵌套式的高频结构将两个波段的束-波相互作用空间隔离开来,从而使两个波段的束-波相互过程互不影响。当二极管电压为650 kV、内外环形电子束流分别为5.4,6.4 kA、导引磁场为2.2 T时,两个波段微波的频率分别为4.625,8.450 GHz,模拟产生的微波功率分别为920,600 MW,转换效率约为21.8%,17.1%。并采用粒子模拟法研究了导引磁场、二极管电压及两个束-波相互作用区关键结构参数对器件运行的影响,给出了双波段微波功率、频率随导引磁场、二极管电压等参数的变化曲线。     

具有双电子束结构的双波段相对论返波振荡器粒子模拟研究北大核心CSCD

研究了一种能够同时产生C波段和X波段微波、具有双电子束结构的相对论返波振荡器,采用嵌套式的高频结构将两个波段的束-波相互作用空间隔离开来,从而使两个波段的束-波相互过程互不影响。当二极管电压为650kV、内外环形电子束流分别为5.4,6.4kA、导引磁场为2.2T时,两个波段微波的频率分别为4.625,8.450GHz,模拟产生的微波功率分别为920,600MW,转换效率约为21.8%,17.1%。并采用粒子模拟法研究了导引磁场、二极管电压及两个束-波相互作用区关键结构参数对器件运行的影响,给出了双波段微波功率、频率随导引磁场、二极管电压等参数的变化曲线。     

Nonlinear interaction of ultraintense laser pulse with relativistic thin plasma foil in the radiation pressure-dominant regime

We present a study of the effect of laser pulse temporal profile on the energy /momentum acquired by the ions as a result of the ultraintense laser pulse focussed on a thin plasma layer in the radiation pressure-dominant (RPD) regime. In the RPD regime, the plasma foil is pushed by ultraintense laser pulse when the radiation cannot propagate through the foil, while the electron and ion layers move together. The nonlinear character of laser–matter interaction is exhibited in the relativistic frequency shift, and also change in the wave amplitude as the EM wave gets reflected by the relativistically moving thin dense plasma layer. Relativistic effects in a high-energy plasma provide matching conditions that make it possible to exchange very effectively ordered kinetic energy and momentum between the EM fields and the plasma. When matter moves at relativistic velocities, the efficiency of the energy transfer from the radiation to thin plasma foil is more than 30% and in ultrarelativistic case it approaches one. The momentum /energy transfer to the ions is found to depend on the temporal profile of the laser pulse. Our numerical results show that for the same laser and plasma parameters, a Lorentzian pulse can accelerate ions upto 0.2 GeV within 10 fs which is 1.5 times larger than that a Gaussian pulse can.     

等离子体中相对论电子的同步曲率辐射特性研究

根据同步曲率辐射理论推导了在等离子体环境中,不同磁场条件下的相对论性电子的吸收系数和发射系数表达式，计算了电子的发射强度，并且在此基础上研究了同步曲率辐射机制的脉泽效应.研究了两种磁场位型，第一种是强度均匀但弯曲的磁场，第二种是偶极磁场，结果发现了一些偶极磁场下特有的辐射特性.考虑到在天体的环境下电子具有的不同的能谱分布，分别选用了三种典型的能谱分布(幂率分布，高斯分布，热分布)进行了研究，通过计算负吸收和脉泽放大效应在发射强度上的表现后， 发现在某些天体物理环境中，同步曲率辐射在等离子体中的确存在脉泽放大效应.这些研究结果对太阳系中行星外层辐射的研究和宇宙中的射电高亮温度等问题的研究可能提供有益的帮助. 关键词： 同步曲率辐射 负吸收 脉泽效应     

Gas-discharge plasma initiated in air by a radiation pulse

Formation of a nonequilibriuin gas-discharge plasma in air under the action of radiation at a wavelength of 10.6 with a duration of 10^–6 sec is considered. It is shown that the air discharge occurs under nonequilibrium conditions by formation of an autoionization complex with subsequent oscillatory excitation of molecules. The molecular distribution function over oscillatory degrees of freedom is found in the diffusion approximation. The electron temperature and concentration in the breakdown plasma are calculated with consideration of multistep ionization of molecules and dissociative recombination of charged particles. Results are compared with experiment.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 9–13, February, 1985.     

Multi-scale plasma simulation by the interlocking of magnetohydrodynamic model and particle-in-cell kinetic model

Many kinds of simulation models have been developed to understand the complex plasma systems. However, these simulation models have been separately performed because the fundamental assumption of each model is different and restricts the physical processes in each spatial and temporal scales. On the other hand, it is well known that the interactions among the multiple scales may play crucial roles in the plasma phenomena (e.g. magnetic reconnection, collisionless shock), where the kinetic processes in the micro-scale may interact with the global structure in the fluid dynamics. To take self-consistently into account such multi-scale phenomena, we have developed a new simulation model by directly interlocking the fluid simulation of the magnetohyrdodynamics (MHD) model and the kinetic simulation of the particle-in-cell (PIC) model. The PIC domain is embedded in a small part of MHD domain. The both simulations are performed simultaneously in each domain and the bounded data are frequently exchanged each other to keep the consistency between the models. We have applied our new interlocked simulation to Alfvén wave propagation problem as a benchmark test and confirmed that the waves can propagate smoothly through the boundaries of each domain.     

Multi-scale plasma simulation by the interlocking of magnetohydrodynamic model and particle-in-cell kinetic model

Many kinds of simulation models have been developed to understand the complex plasma systems. However, these simulation models have been separately performed because the fundamental assumption of each model is different and restricts the physical processes in each spatial and temporal scales. On the other hand, it is well known that the interactions among the multiple scales may play crucial roles in the plasma phenomena (e.g. magnetic reconnection, collisionless shock), where the kinetic processes in the micro-scale may interact with the global structure in the fluid dynamics. To take self-consistently into account such multi-scale phenomena, we have developed a new simulation model by directly interlocking the fluid simulation of the magnetohyrdodynamics (MHD) model and the kinetic simulation of the particle-in-cell (PIC) model. The PIC domain is embedded in a small part of MHD domain. The both simulations are performed simultaneously in each domain and the bounded data are frequently exchanged each other to keep the consistency between the models. We have applied our new interlocked simulation to Alfvén wave propagation problem as a benchmark test and confirmed that the waves can propagate smoothly through the boundaries of each domain.     

库仑碰撞截面在等离子体粒子模拟中的应用

在等离子体粒子模拟中,TA模型和NanBu模型被广泛用于处理库仑碰撞,这两种模型要求每个时间步长内全部粒子参与计算。为了降低参与碰撞的粒子数,提高库仑碰撞的计算效率,提出了一种基于截面的库仑碰撞模拟方法,并给出了库仑碰撞概率的计算公式。采用该方法对不同温度不同密度电子气的弛豫过程进行模拟,分别对比了电子速度分布函数、电子温度以及电子x、y方向上的温度与电子温度之比的模拟值与理论值,验证了该方法的准确性。在相同的小时间步长上,该方法相比TA模型计算效率提升可达40%以上。对于较大的时间步长,该方法仍能得到与理论解近似的模拟结果,相比Nanbu模型,在相同的精度下可取更大的时间步长,计算效率也有所提升。研究表明,该方法同样适用于电子-离子碰撞。因此在提高库仑碰撞计算效率上,该方法具有碰撞粒子数少以及适用于大时间步长的优势。     

粒子模拟中激励源的一种等效设置方法

 基于计算电磁学中对强迫激励源消除虚假反射的算法分析,提出了用等效电流和等效磁流在FDTD公式中引入电场激励源和磁场激励源的方法。从粒子模拟方法的基本方程和迭代公式出发,分析了激励源的引入过程,推导出激励源所等效的电流项和磁流项表达式,实现了新的激励源设置方法,并进行了数值验证和结果讨论。研究表明：这类等效模型与标准FDTD公式能紧密结合,引入非常方便;不必专门设置一个附加的散射场区来处理散射场的计算,大大节省了计算时间和计算内存,比常规总场/散射场体系方法的效率高20%以上,对粒子模拟这类耗时的计算较为适用。通过对2维柱坐标系下相对论速调管放大器(RKA)的模拟,证明了此类激励源设置方法的实用性。     

粒子模拟中激励源的一种等效设置方法

基于计算电磁学中对强迫激励源消除虚假反射的算法分析,提出了用等效电流和等效磁流在FDTD公式中引入电场激励源和磁场激励源的方法。从粒子模拟方法的基本方程和迭代公式出发,分析了激励源的引入过程,推导出激励源所等效的电流项和磁流项表达式,实现了新的激励源设置方法,并进行了数值验证和结果讨论。研究表明：这类等效模型与标准FDTD公式能紧密结合,引入非常方便;不必专门设置一个附加的散射场区来处理散射场的计算,大大节省了计算时间和计算内存,比常规总场/散射场体系方法的效率高20%以上,对粒子模拟这类耗时的计算较为适用。通过对2维柱坐标系下相对论速调管放大器(RKA)的模拟,证明了此类激励源设置方法的实用性。     

光脉冲传输数值模拟的分步小波方法

从信号的多尺度小波分解和正交小波变换出发，将描述光学介质中脉冲传输的非线性薛定谔 方程（NLSE）表示为小波域中的分步算符形式，给出了分步小波算法的迭代公式，导出了线 性算符在小波域中的具体表式，并讨论微分算符的矩阵结构.作为一个例子，用分步小波方 法（SSWM）解NLSE，给出了超短高斯脉冲在光纤中线性和非线性传输的波形演化，并与解析 解和分步傅里叶方法的结果作了比较.结果表明，分步小波方法是研究脉冲在光学介质中传 输的一种有效的数值计算方法. 关键词： 分步小波方法 光脉冲传输 非线性薛定谔方程 多尺度小波分解