Electron emission from slow-wave structure walls in a long-pulse, high-power backward wave oscillator

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Grabowski ◽  
J.M. Gahl ◽  
E. Schamiloglu
2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (03) ◽  
pp. 346-350
Author(s):  
V. Venkata Reddy ◽  
M.A. Ansari ◽  
M. Thottappan

An S-band high power relativistic backward wave oscillator using a trapezoidal resonant reflector and overmoded slow-wave structure is demonstrated by finite difference time domain based Particle-In-Cell code. The trapezoidal resonant reflector and slow-wave structure are chosen to improve the RBWO power handing capability to gigawatt (GW). The Trapezoidal resonant reflector enhances the pre-modulation during electron beam propagation, thus increasing the generated RF signal overall efficiency and coherency. The particle-in-cell simulation generated an RF output power ~5.4 GW in TM01 mode at ~3.6 GHz in a 2.0 T magnetic field and developed a 13.5 kA current for a 1.2 MV DC cathode voltage. The power conversion efficiency is achieved as ~33 %. Further, the influence of different design parameters on frequency, RF output power, and efficiency are analysed through Particle-In-Cell simulations.


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