(1) Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, 173215, India;(2) Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
Abstract:
The physical mechanisms leading to the chaotization of the virtual cathode oscillations in a low-voltage vircator system at
an increase in the amplitude of the external inhomogeneous magnetic field created by a ring magnet have been studied within
a two-dimensional numerical model. It has been established that the chaotization of the virtual cathode oscillations in a
strongly inhomogeneous external magnetic field is due to the formation of the secondary electronic structure (electron beam)
in the electron flow resulting from the magnetic trap in the outer layers of the electron beam.