Title :
Oscillations and chaos in plasma-filled diodes
Author :
Chen, Xiaodong ; Lindsay, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., London Univ., UK
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A plasma-filled diode has four different regimes of operation: stable, oscillatory, chaotic, and unstable. So far only a special case of charge neutrality at the entrance electrode (α=ni0/n e0=1) has been considered. In the present investigations the analysis has been extended to the more general case of α≠1, i.e., when there is a net positive or negative charge present at the entrance electrode. The device is frequently used as a model of modern microwave tubes such as vircators and split-cavity oscillators
Keywords :
chaos; microwave oscillators; microwave tubes; plasma diodes; chaotic operation; entrance electrode; microwave tubes; net charge; oscillatory operation; plasma-filled diodes; split-cavity oscillators; stable operation; unstable operation; vircators; Chaos; Diodes; Electrodes; Electron beams; Equations; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave oscillators; Plasma devices; Plasma stability;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
