X-Band Relativistic Cherenkov Microwave Oscillator With Increased Cross-Sectional Electron Beam

Author

Totmeninov, Eugene M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of High Current Electron., Tomsk, Russia

Volume

42

Issue

10

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct. 2014

Firstpage

3437

Lastpage

3440

Abstract

Based on numerical simulation, a scheme of the X-band relativistic Cherenkov microwave oscillator with a hollow cylindrical increased cross-sectional electron beam transported by the external magnetic field is considered. For the electron energy of ~0.5 MeV and electron beamwidth of ~5 mm, an effective 100-ns-long pulse mode in a reduced magnetic field of 0.75 T has been calculated. Within the stationary stage of oscillation, the maximum simulated microwave power for the operating TM01 mode was 630 MW that corresponded to the oscillator efficiency of 34% at the oscillation frequency of 10 GHz.

Keywords

microwave oscillators; numerical analysis; X-band relativistic Cherenkov microwave oscillator; efficiency 34 percent; external magnetic field; frequency 10 GHz; hollow cylindrical increased cross-sectional electron beam; magnetic flux density 0.75 T; numerical simulation; power 630 MW; time 100 ns; Cathodes; Electron beams; Magnetic resonance; Microwave oscillators; Microwave theory and techniques; Electron beam; relativistic Cherenkov oscillator; resonant reflector;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2014.2349527

Filename

6897975