Investigation on a W Band Ridge-Loaded Folded Waveguide TWT

Author

He, Jun ; Wei, Yanyu ; Gong, Yubin ; Wang, Wenxiang ; Park, Gun-Sik

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of High-Power Vacuum Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China

Volume

39

Issue

8

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1660

Lastpage

1664

Abstract

A W-band ridge-loaded folded waveguide traveling-wave tube (FWTWT) is modeled, and the nonlinear interaction between the electron beam and the electromagnetic field is investigated by utilizing a 3-D particle-in-cell (PIC) code, MAGIC. The process of beam-wave interaction for millimeter wave TWT is presented, including the longitudinal momentum of the electron, the averaged radiation power, and the influence of input power on output power. Compared with the conventional FWTWT at 95 GHz, the ridge-loaded FWTWT obtains a 29.3% higher output power and shortens 31.7% interaction distance. The radiation power and the gain of TWT are raised up in most of the working band covering from 85 to 97 GHz, indicating effectual enhancement of beam-wave interaction by loading ridge. Furthermore, the novel FWTWT works in 7-GHz bandwidth with output power varying only 1 dB throughout the band.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; electron beams; millimetre wave tubes; ridge waveguides; travelling wave tubes; 3D particle-in-cell; MAGIC; PIC code; W band ridge-loaded folded waveguide TWT; bandwidth 7 GHz; beam-wave interaction; electromagnetic field; electron beam; frequency 85 GHz to 97 GHz; longitudinal momentum; millimeter wave TWT; nonlinear interaction; radiation power; ridge-loaded FWTWT; traveling-wave tube; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic waveguides; Electron tubes; Gain; Loading; Physics; Power generation; Beam–wave interaction; folded waveguide; high power; millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube (TWT);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2157176

Filename

5951789