PREBUNCHED HIGH-HARMONIC GYROTRON

被引:32
作者
KOU, CS [1 ]
MCDERMOTT, DB [1 ]
LUHMANN, NC [1 ]
CHU, KR [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL TSING HUA UNIV,DEPT PHYS,HSINCHU 300,TAIWAN
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D O I
10.1109/27.55904
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A new scheme for harmonic wave generation using a prebunched electron beam has been demonstrated. The prebunched electron beam has been used to further increase the efficiency of the authors' axis-encircling high-harmonic gyrotron. The proof-of-principle experiment was performed at the third harmonic with a TE312mode at 27. 7 GHz. The conversion power of 6.7 kW was significantly greater than that of the nonprebunched experiment. Also, mode competition was effectively suppressed. As expected, the unsaturated output power is proportional to the square of the electron beam current, and the start of oscillation current is essentially zero. A linear theory, derived by taking into account the spread of the guiding center and the spread of the axial velocity, gives good agreement with the experimental results. © 1990 IEEE
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页码:343 / 349
页数:7
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