SIDE-BAND MODE COMPETITION IN A GYROTRON OSCILLATOR

被引:19
作者
GUSS, WC [1 ]
BASTEN, MA [1 ]
KREISCHER, KE [1 ]
TEMKIN, RJ [1 ]
ANTONSEN, TM [1 ]
CAI, SY [1 ]
SARAPH, G [1 ]
LEVUSH, B [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,PLASMA RES LAB,COLL PK,MD 20742
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3727
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report the first observation of sideband mode competition in a gyrotron with an overmoded open waveguide resonator. Experiments were conducted in a gyrotron operating in the TE16,2 Mode at 146 GHz. Up to 600 kW of power was generated in 3-mus pulses at 80 kV beam voltage and up to 40 A beam current. A pair of sidebands was excited corresponding to the TE15,2 and TE17.2 modes offset by +/-5 GHz. A multimode, multifrequency, self-consistent time-dependent code predicts the excitation of the sidebands with good accuracy.
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页码:3727 / 3730
页数:4
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