Continued testing and applications of high power cusp gun

Author

Gallagher, D. ; Frawley, P. ; Barsanti, M. ; Scafuri, F. ; Armstrong, C.

Author_Institution

Electron. Sensors & Syst. Sector, Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

4-7 June 2000

Firstpage

199

Abstract

Summary form only given. Certain gyro-type devices, including moderately high power, high harmonic gyrotrons and peniotrons, require an axis encircling electron beam. To develop practical and efficient devices of this type, it is necessary to first develop a gun that generates a high quality beam with low velocity spread and ripple. Presented are the development and low voltage testing of a Cusp electron gun designed to operate at 70 kV and 3.5 A beam current, with beam alpha (transverse to axial velocity ratio)=1.5, beam ripple \n\n\t\t

Keywords

electron guns; gyrotrons; microwave tubes; Cusp electron gun; Maxwell code; Northrop Grumman novel gun approach; applications; axis encircling electron beam; beam alpha; beam ripple; beam scalloping; cathode surface; dimensional tolerance; field reversal; gyro-type devices; high harmonic gyrotrons; high harmonic peniotrons; high power cusp gun; high quality beam; low velocity spread; low voltage testing; magnetic field; magnetic ring; outer beam electrons; testing; transverse velocity spread; Anodes; Cathodes; Coils; Cyclotrons; Electron beams; Guns; Gyrotrons; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2000. ICOPS 2000. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 27th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

0730-9244

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5982-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2000.855000

Filename

855000