• DocumentCode
    3570100
  • Title

    Influence of parameter settings on the validity of particle-in-cell simulation for a THz backward-wave oscillator

  • Author

    Rong Bao ; Hongguang Wang ; Yongdong Li ; Chunliang Liu

  • Author_Institution
    Key Lab. for Phys. Electron. & Devices of the Minist. of Educ., Xi´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´an, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Two kinds of invalidation of particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation for a 1-THz backward-wave oscillator (BWO) are proposed. The influence of two related parameters on the simulation is discussed. Reference values of cell sizes (10 cells per wavelength or 10 cells in the interaction region) and the weight of macro-particles are proved to be valid and save the calculation time. The conclusion could also apply to simulation researches of other Cerenkov devices.
  • Keywords
    Cherenkov counters; backward wave oscillators; Cerenkov devices; THz backward-wave oscillator; frequency 1 THz; macroparticles; particle-in-cell simulation; Computational modeling; Conferences; Geometry; Numerical models; Oscillators; Plasmas; Power generation; Cerenkov devices; PIC simulation; backward-wave oscillator (BWO); cell size; macro-particle; validity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-7109-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223964
  • Filename
    7223964