中国物理B ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (12): 128401-128401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/25/12/128401

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A high-power subterahertz surface wave oscillator with separated overmoded slow wave structures

Guang-Qiang Wang(王光强), Jian-Guo Wang(王建国), Peng Zeng(曾鹏), Dong-Yang Wang(王东阳), Shuang Li(李爽)   

  1. 1. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China;
    2. Science and Technology on High Power Microwave Laboratory, Xi'an 710024, China;
    3. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-05-26 修回日期:2016-08-22 出版日期:2016-12-05 发布日期:2016-12-05
  • 通讯作者: Jian-Guo Wang E-mail:wanguiuc@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61231003).

A high-power subterahertz surface wave oscillator with separated overmoded slow wave structures

Guang-Qiang Wang(王光强)1,2, Jian-Guo Wang(王建国)1,3, Peng Zeng(曾鹏)1,2, Dong-Yang Wang(王东阳)1,2, Shuang Li(李爽)1,2,3   

  1. 1. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an 710024, China;
    2. Science and Technology on High Power Microwave Laboratory, Xi'an 710024, China;
    3. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • Received:2016-05-26 Revised:2016-08-22 Online:2016-12-05 Published:2016-12-05
  • Contact: Jian-Guo Wang E-mail:wanguiuc@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61231003).

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摘要：

A megawatt-level subterahertz surface wave oscillator (SWO) is proposed to obtain high conversion efficiency by using separated overmoded slow wave structures (SWSs). Aiming at the repetitive operation and practical applications, the device driven by electron beam with modest energy and current is theoretically analyzed and verified. Then,the functions of the two SWS sections and the effect of the drift tube are investigated by using a particle-in-cell code to reveal how the proposed device achieves high efficiency. The mode analysis of the beam-wave interaction region in the device is also carried out, and the results indicate that multi-modes participate in the premodulation of the electron beam in the first SWS section, while the TM01 mode surface wave is successfully and dominantly excited and amplified in the second SWS section. Finally, a typical simulation result demonstrates that at a beam energy of 313 keV, beam current of 1.13 kA, and guiding magnetic field of above 3.5 T, a high-power subterahertz wave is obtained with an output power of about 70 MW at frequency 146.3 GHz, corresponding to the conversion efficiency of 20%. Compared with the results of the previous subterahertz overmoded SWOs with integral SWS and similar beam parameters, the efficiency increases almost 50% in the proposed device.

关键词: terahertz, surface wave oscillator, mode selection, particle simulation

Abstract:

A megawatt-level subterahertz surface wave oscillator (SWO) is proposed to obtain high conversion efficiency by using separated overmoded slow wave structures (SWSs). Aiming at the repetitive operation and practical applications, the device driven by electron beam with modest energy and current is theoretically analyzed and verified. Then,the functions of the two SWS sections and the effect of the drift tube are investigated by using a particle-in-cell code to reveal how the proposed device achieves high efficiency. The mode analysis of the beam-wave interaction region in the device is also carried out, and the results indicate that multi-modes participate in the premodulation of the electron beam in the first SWS section, while the TM01 mode surface wave is successfully and dominantly excited and amplified in the second SWS section. Finally, a typical simulation result demonstrates that at a beam energy of 313 keV, beam current of 1.13 kA, and guiding magnetic field of above 3.5 T, a high-power subterahertz wave is obtained with an output power of about 70 MW at frequency 146.3 GHz, corresponding to the conversion efficiency of 20%. Compared with the results of the previous subterahertz overmoded SWOs with integral SWS and similar beam parameters, the efficiency increases almost 50% in the proposed device.

Key words: terahertz, surface wave oscillator, mode selection, particle simulation

中图分类号:  (Microwave tubes (e.g., klystrons, magnetrons, traveling-wave, backward-wave tubes, etc.))

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