Stable high-power TE01 gyro-TWT amplifiers

The stability of high power gyro-TWT amplifiers operating in the low-loss TE₀₁ mode of cylindrical waveguide has been studied, Linear theory has been used to determine the threshold start-oscillation beam current for absolute instability in the operating mode and the critical section lengths for the dominant gyro-BWO interactions occurring at various cyclotron harmonics in other waveguide modes. The performance of the amplifier was evaluated with a nonlinear, self-consistent slow-timescale simulation code. Utilizing interaction sections whose lengths are less than the threshold start-oscillation length and are separated by attenuating severs for isolation, two stable three-section devices have been designed which are predicted to yield: (1) a peak output power of 230 kW at 35 GHz with an efficiency of 23%, a saturated gain of 46 dB and a constant-drive bandwidth of 6% for a 100 kV, 10 A electron beam with an α=ν_⊥ /ν_z =1.0 and an axial velocity spread Δν_z/ν_z=5% and (2) 105 kW at 94 GHz with 21% efficiency, 45 dB saturated gain and 5% constant-drive bandwidth for a similar 5 A electron beam. In addition, the design of the 0 dB input/output couplers and the MIG electron gun are given. Due to the low loss of the TE₀₁ mode, both of these amplifiers can be operated continuously     

Analysis of the deflection system for a magnetic-field-immersedmagnicon amplifier

A linear analysis of the electron-beam deflection system in a magnicon amplifier is presented. The system consists of identical cavities, one driven and the remainder passive, separated by a drift space and immersed in an axial magnetic field. The cavities contain a rotating TM₁₁₀ mode. The length of each cavity is πν _z/ω, and that of the drift space is πν_z/ω_c, where ω is the RF frequency, ω_c is the relativistic gyrofrequency in the guide field, and ν_z is the mean axial velocity of the beam electrons. The linearized electron orbits are obtained for arbitrary initial axial velocity, radial coordinate, and magnetic field. The small-signal gain and the phase shift are determined. The special case where ω_c/ω=2 has unique features and is discussed in detail. For the NRL magnicon design, a power gain of 10 dB per passive cavity is feasible. Results from numerical modeling of a magnicon with two passive cavities are presented. Operation of the output cavity at the fundamental and higher harmonics of the input drive frequency is briefly discussed     

High efficiency, phase-locked operation of the harmonic-multiplyinginverted gyrotwystron oscillator

The inverted gyrotwystron (phigtron) is a millimeter wave frequency-doubling amplifier that has been demonstrated to produce over 300 kW peak power at twice the input frequency (centered at f_in =16.85 GHz and f_out=33.7 GHz) over a 0.5% bandwidth with a saturated gain of 30 dB and efficiency greater than 35%. The device has also been studied both theoretically and experimentally in a different operating regime where frequency-doubled, phase-locked oscillation is possible. A signal, injected via a fundamental gyro-traveling wave tube input section, modulated a 55 kV, 10 A electron beam. After transit through a drift section, the prebunched electron beam produced phase-locked, second harmonic oscillations in a TE₀₃ mode output cavity. RF output centered at either of two frequencies, 34.42 and 34.62 GHz, with a maximum output power of 180 kW, an efficiency of 32% and a locked signal gain of 35 dB was measured. A theoretical prediction of locking bandwidth, a design overview, and the experimental results are presented followed by a summary and discussion of the results     

X-band dielectric Cerenkov maser amplifier experiment

An X-band dielectric Cerenkov maser amplifier experiment is reported. The amplifier system consisted of a solid, thermionically generated electron beam propagating through a cylindrical waveguide partially filled with an annular, dielectric liner. The input signal was provided by a tunable (9-10.3 GHz) magnetron with power up to 10 kW. Electron beam voltages and currents of up to 250 kV and 100 A could be generated for 1 μs pulse durations. The system was configured to operate in the TM₀₁ mode of the dielectric-lined waveguide. In this experiment the gain of the system with respect to the length of the dielectric liner was studied at a fixed input frequency of 10.3 GHz. At electron beam parameters of 160 kV and 60 A, a power gain of 24 dB over 56 cm of interaction length was measured for an input power of 4.5 kW, corresponding to a maximum RF amplified power of 1.15 MW and 12% efficiency     

Nonlinear analysis of high-harmonic slotted gyro-TWT amplifier

A nonlinear self-consistent simulation code is employed to investigate the behavior of the slotted gyrotron traveling-wave amplifier (gyro-TWT), in which an axis-encircling electron beam synchronously interacts with a high-order azimuthal mode in a magnetron-type waveguide. The efficiency of a fourth-harmonic device with an ideal 60 kV, 5 A beam is shown to reach 30% for α≡ν_⊥/ν_z=2. The growth rate for the π mode is roughly 25% larger than for the 2π mode. The efficiency increases for lower voltage and the device is found to be moderately sensitive to the radial spread of the beam's guiding center position and extremely sensitive to the axial velocity spread. For an ideal 60 kV, 5 A beam with α=1.5, the efficiency of a second-harmonic gyro-TWT is 42% and falls to 10% for an eighth-harmonic device. The design of a 35 GHz, 60 kV, 5A, α=1.5, eight-vane, fourth-harmonic gyro-TWT with 7% axial velocity spread is presented. It is predicted that this design will yield a peak output power of 90 kW, a peak efficiency of 30%, and 6.3% saturated bandwidth     

Dielectric-loaded wideband gyro-TWT

The bandwidth of a gyro-TWT (traveling-wave tube) can be widened by employing a dielectric-loaded waveguide to reduce the circuit's dispersion. Fast wave interaction allows the requirements on the beam's quality to be relaxed compared with slow wave interaction. A low-α (≡ν_⊥/ν_z) electron beam is chosen to avoid the absolute instability and minimize the possibility of dielectric charging. This device is investigated using a self-consistent single-mode, large-signal simulation based on a slow time scale formulation. Simulation results show that a constant drive bandwidth of 20% can be achieved for a 100 kV, 5 A electron beam with a velocity ratio of α=0.59 and an axial velocity spread of 2.0%. The growth rate is relatively low because of the low α of the electron beam. The design of a proof-of-principle experiment is described. The tube is expected to deliver a power of 80 kW from 9 to 11 GHz with 15% efficiency and a saturated gain of 30 dB. The performance of a single-anode magnetron injection gun designed to produce the required high-quality electron beam has been studied through simulation     

Present status of a 17.1-GHz four-cavity frequency-doubling coaxialgyroklystron design

A design of a Ku-band 17.1-GHz four-cavity coaxial gyroklystron amplifier for driving future linear colliders is presented. The X-band input cavity operates in the TE_0.11 mode, whereas the remaining three cavities (buncher, penultimate, and output) operate in the TE₀₂₁ mode, doubling the frequency of the input signal. The electron beam parameters are the following: current of 540 A, voltage of 460 kV, perpendicular-to-parallel velocity ratio of 1.5, and a parallel velocity spread of 6.4%. The output cavity has been simulated as (1) zero-drive unstable with Q-factor of 320 and (2) zero-drive stable with Q-factor of 250. The simulations show that the maximum efficiency in the first case is 37.4%, and in the second one is 34.4%. In both cases, a high gain of 60 dB at a 100-MW output power level can be realized     

Experimental demonstration of a W-band (94 GHz) gyrotwystronamplifier

A four section, TE₀₁ mode W-band gyrotwystron amplifier has been designed, built, and tested. The circuit consists of three cavities followed by a traveling wave output section, each operating near the fundamental cyclotron frequency. The gyrotwystron has produced 50 kW peak output power, corresponding to 17.5% efficiency for a 57 kV, 5 A electron beam; the amplifier is zero drive stable at the operating point. The measured center frequency is 93.9 GHz with a full width half maximum instantaneous bandwidth of 925 MHz. These results represent a substantial improvement in the power-bandwidth product over previously demonstrated gyro amplifiers in this band. The small signal and saturated gains were 39 and 30 dB, respectively. The measured results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions     

Design of a high-efficiency low-voltage axially modulatedcusp-injected second-harmonic X-band gyrotron amplifier

We present the theoretical design of a second-harmonic small-orbit gyrotron amplifier which utilizes the interactions between a 35-kV 4-A beam and a TE₀₁₁ cavity to produce over 70 kW of amplified power at 9.9 GHz in a 1.83-kG magnetic field. One of the novel features of this device is that the electron gun produces an axially streaming annular beam which is velocity modulated by a short TM_0n0 input cavity. Perpendicular energy is imparted to the beam via a nonadiabatic magnetic transition at the end of a 13-cm drift region. An electronic efficiency of 53% is predicted with a large signal gain near 20 dB by a single particle code which takes into account nonideal effects associated with finite beam thickness and finite magnetic field transition widths     

双重频率锁定的腔衰荡吸收光谱技术及信号处理

针对传统腔衰荡光谱技术浓度获取率低,提出基于双重锁定的连续波腔衰荡吸收光谱技术.通过波长调制一次谐波信号将激光器的频率锁定到C_2H_2吸收线上,同时使用PDH锁频技术将衰荡腔锁定到激光器上,从而避免了测量过程中激光器的频率漂移和腔长的抖动,使测量结果更加精确;并且,由于双重锁定,单次衰荡事件的发生率,也就是浓度信息的获取率只受衰荡时间以及重新锁定时间限制,在本试验系统中采集速率可以达到30 k Hz,可以实现对气体浓度的快速测量.为了提高信噪比,采用Kalman滤波技术,对浓度信息进行实时处理,有效抑制了噪声,根据阿伦方差分析,探测灵敏度可以达到4×10~(-9)cm~(-1)(2 s平均).     

High-power X-band amplification from an overmodedthree-cavity gyroklystron with a tunable penultimate cavity

Experimental results for a 10 GHz TE₀₁ mode three-cavity gyroklystron with a tunable penultimate cavity are presented. The electron beam was produced by a pulse line modulator and a magnetron injection gun which operates to 433 kV and 225 A with 1 μs flat-top. Three-cavity circuits have produced a peak power of 27 MW with efficiency of 32% and pulse energy of 39 J. A maximum gain of 50 dB was achieved at a peak power of 20 MW, and a maximum efficiency of 37% was achieved at a peak power of 16 MW     

一种X波段过模高效率相对论返波管

设计了一种X波段过模高效率相对论返波管(RBWO),主要结构包括双谐振腔反射器、7周期梯形慢波结构与提取腔。该器件慢波结构的过模比为2.6,电子束与结构波TM₀₁模的近π模相互作用,在慢波结构区域束波作用产生的TM₀₁模表面波主要转化为TM₀₂模的体波,其输出微波的模式主要为TM₀₂模,占比为81%,其余为TM₀₁模。提出一种过模条件下谐振腔反射器的设计思路,结合模式匹配法,优化得到了一种双谐振腔反射器结构,其对TM₀₁模与TM₀₂模的反射系数均大于0.99,可实现过模条件下RBWO慢波结构与二极管区的良好隔离; 同时双谐振腔反射器两个谐振腔中的纵向电场可以对电子束进行充分的预调制,将促进慢波结构区域的束波作用,有利于提升效率。通过在慢波结构后端加入提取腔,进一步提升了转换效率。PIC仿真中, 在二极管电压900 kV,电流14.3 kA,得到了6.6 GW的输出功率,转换效率约51%。     

多注RKA束流调制的理论与模拟比较分析

采用非线性理论探索了同轴多注相对论速调管放大器(CMRKA)的束波互作用特性，并与PIC结果进行了验证分析。首先推导了实心电子束的几何因子，然后分别给出了归一化调制电流和电子束动能的积分微分方程，并给出了多注速调管放大器的同轴输入腔间隙耦合系数的公式。对于束压为600 kV、束流为5 kA的16注电子束，当输入腔间隙电压分别为4.6，32.7，189 kV时，采用一维非线性理论和三维粒子模拟程序分别计算了基波电流调制系数和距离的关系，理论和模拟结果比较一致。当间隙电压为4.6 kV时，理论计算了多注电子数的个数分别为8, 12, 16以及实心电子束的半径与单注电子束通道半径比6/15, 8/15, 10/15(通道半径不变)时基波电流调制系数随传输距离的变化。结果表明，随着多注电子数的个数和电子束半径的增加，基波电流调制系数有逐渐变大的趋势。此外还计算了当间隙电压为20 kV时，归一化电流和归一化电子束动能随时间的变化和归一化常数N(z)与调制电流的n次谐波的电流调制系数随传输距离的变化。     

以新型分子距边矢量ν估计和预测烷烃核磁共振碳谱(13C NMR)化学位移和(CSS)

系统研究了核磁共振碳谱与化学位移和规律,以及分子拓扑指数在定量[结]构[波]谱关系（QSSR）中的应用.本文基于矢量路径长度矢量p=（P₁, P₂, P₃,…, P_m）与分子中原子相互作用,提出了一种新型分子距边矢量并发现它与烷烃¹³C NMR 化学位移和有良好线性相关性, 回归方程及其统计参数为:
CSS=bν+p₃=Σ^m_j=0b_jν_j+b₁₀p₃=b₀ν+b₁ν₁+b₂ν₂+b₃ν₃+b₄ν₄+b₅ν₅+b₆ν₆+b₇ν₇+b₈ν₈+b₉ν9_ν+b₁₀P₃ =-13.6011+22.2133 ν₁+28.4121 ν₂+25.9416 ν₃+26.6709 ν₄+14.4976 ν₅+5.7240 ν₆-5.3830 ν₇-3.2152 ν₈-15.0213 ν₉-25.7099 ν₁₀+12.2786P₃ (n=63, R=0.9970, EV=99.68%, RMS=3.7348, F=2418.2; 交互校验CV为: R=0.9893, EV=98.83%, RMS=7.1261, F=664.046); 结果良好.     

单片集成放大反馈激光器的脉冲包络动力学实验研究

实验研究了由分布反馈激光器区(DFB区)、相位控制区(P区)以及放大反馈区(A区)所构成的三段式单片集成放大反馈激光器(AFL)所产生的脉冲包络(PPs)的动力学特征,并分析了P区电流I_P和A区电流I_A对PPs的重复频率νPP以及包络规则性的影响.研究结果表明:DFB区电流IDFB相对较大时,AFL存在两个模式,此时通过选取合适的I_P和I_A可使AFL工作在PPs动力学状态;对于一给定的I_P,I_A在两个分离区域内可使AFL呈现PPs状态.随着I_A的增加,在I_A相对较小的区域,AFL输出PPs的重复频率νPP以及表征PPs规则性的时间序列自相关函数的次最大值σ均呈现单调下降趋势.而在I_A相对较大的区域,νPP呈现出先减小然后小幅波动的变化趋势,而σ则总体呈现先增加后减小的趋势;对于一给定的I_A,I_P的变化也会对AFL输出PPs的特性产生显著影响,在AFL呈现PPs状态所要求的I_P的变化范围内,随着I_P的增加,νPP呈现出先减小后增大而σ则呈现先增加后减小的变化趋势.通过观测I_A,I_P连续变化时AFL的动力学特性,确定了AFL呈现PPs在I_A和I_P构成的参量空间的分布图谱.     

On the amplification mechanism of the ion-channel laser

The amplification mechanism of the ion-channel laser (ICL) in the low-gain regime is studied. In this concept, a relativistic electron beam is injected into a plasma whose density is comparable to or lower than the beam's density. The head of the electron beam pushes out the plasma electrons, leaving an ion channel. The ion-focusing force causes the electrons to oscillate (betatron oscillations) about the axis and plays a role similar to the magnetic field in a cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM). Radiation can be produced with wave frequencies from microwaves to X-rays depending on the beam energy and plasma density: ω~2γ^3/2ω_pe, where γ is the Lorentz factor of the beam and ω_pe is the plasma frequency. Transverse (relativistic) bunching and axial (conventional) bunching are the amplification mechanisms in ICLs; only the latter effect operates in free-electron lasers. The competition of these two bunching mechanisms depends on beam velocity ν_0z; their dependences on ν_0z cancel for the cyclotron autoresonance masers. A linear theory is developed to study the physical mechanisms, and a PIC (particle-in-cell) simulation code is used to verify the theory. The mechanism is examined as a possible explanation for experimentally observed millimeter radiation from relativistic electron beams interacting with plasmas     

Critical Behavior of Nonlinear Properties in Percolating Superconductor/Nonlinear-Normal Conductor Networks

The critical behavior of nonlinear response in random networks of superconductor/nonlinear-normal conductors below the percolation threshold is investigated. Two cases are examined: (i) The nonlinear normal conductor has weakly nonlinear current (i)-voltage (ν) response of the form ν = ri + bi^α (bi^α-1《t and α > 1). Both the crossover current density and the crossover electric field are introduced to mark the transition between the linear and nonlinear responses of the network and are found to have power-law dependencies ～(f_c - f)^H and ～(f_c - f)^M as the percolation threshold f_c of the superconductor is approached from below, where H = ν_d - s_d > 0, M = ν_d > 0, ν_d and s_d are the correlation length exponent and the critical exponent of linear conductivity in percolating S/N system respectively; (ii) The nonlinear-normal conductor has strongly nonlinear ν-i response, i.e., i = X^να The effective nonlinear response X_e, behaves as X_e ～(f_c - f)^-W(α), where W ( α ) is the critical exponent of the nonlinear response x_e(α) and is α-dependent in general. The results are compared with recently published data, reasonable agreement is found.