中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 20501-020501.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/2/020501

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Current loss of magnetically insulated coaxial diode with cathode negative ion

Dan-Ni Zhu(朱丹妮), Jun Zhang(张军), Hui-Huang Zhong(钟辉煌), Jing-Ming Gao(高景明), Zhen Bai(白珍)   

  1. College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-08-03 修回日期:2017-10-16 出版日期:2018-02-05 发布日期:2018-02-05
  • 通讯作者: Dan-Ni Zhu, Jun Zhang E-mail:360681625@qq.com;junzhang@nudt.edu.cn

Current loss of magnetically insulated coaxial diode with cathode negative ion

Dan-Ni Zhu(朱丹妮), Jun Zhang(张军), Hui-Huang Zhong(钟辉煌), Jing-Ming Gao(高景明), Zhen Bai(白珍)   

  1. College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2017-08-03 Revised:2017-10-16 Online:2018-02-05 Published:2018-02-05
  • Contact: Dan-Ni Zhu, Jun Zhang E-mail:360681625@qq.com;junzhang@nudt.edu.cn
  • About author:05.10.-a; 07.05.-t; 07.30.-t; 11.40.-q

摘要: Current loss without an obvious impedance collapse in the magnetically insulated coaxial diode (MICD) is studied through experiment and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation when the guiding magnetic field is strong enough. Cathode negative ions are clarified to be the predominant reason for it. Theoretical analysis and simulation both indicate that the velocity of the negative ion reaches up to 1 cm/ns due to the space potential between the anode and cathode gap (A-C gap). Accordingly, instead of the reverse current loss and the parasitic current loss, the negative ion loss appears during the whole pulse. The negative ion current loss is determined by its ionization production rate. It increases with diode voltage increasing. The smaller space charge effect caused by the beam thickening and the weaker radial restriction both promote the negative ion production under a lower magnetic field. Therefore, as the magnetic field increases, the current loss gradually decreases until the beam thickening nearly stops.

关键词: magnetically insulated coaxial diode (MICD), cathode plasma, negative ion, current loss

Abstract: Current loss without an obvious impedance collapse in the magnetically insulated coaxial diode (MICD) is studied through experiment and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation when the guiding magnetic field is strong enough. Cathode negative ions are clarified to be the predominant reason for it. Theoretical analysis and simulation both indicate that the velocity of the negative ion reaches up to 1 cm/ns due to the space potential between the anode and cathode gap (A-C gap). Accordingly, instead of the reverse current loss and the parasitic current loss, the negative ion loss appears during the whole pulse. The negative ion current loss is determined by its ionization production rate. It increases with diode voltage increasing. The smaller space charge effect caused by the beam thickening and the weaker radial restriction both promote the negative ion production under a lower magnetic field. Therefore, as the magnetic field increases, the current loss gradually decreases until the beam thickening nearly stops.

Key words: magnetically insulated coaxial diode (MICD), cathode plasma, negative ion, current loss

中图分类号:  (Computational methods in statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics)

  • 05.10.-a
07.05.-t (Computers in experimental physics) 07.30.-t (Vacuum apparatus) 11.40.-q (Currents and their properties)