A 1.5-MW, 140-GHz, TE/sub 28,16/-coaxial cavity gyrotron

Abstract

The design of a 1.5-MW, 140-GHz, TE-/sub 28,16/-coaxial cavity gyrotron is presented and results of experimental operation are given. A cavity with a cylindrical outer wall and a radially tapered inner rod with longitudinal corrugations was used. A maximum output power of 1.17 MW has been measured in the design mode with an efficiency of 27.2%. Single-mode operation has been found over a wide range of operating parameters. The experimental values agree well with the results of multimode calculations. Frequency-step tuning has been performed between 115.6 and 164.2 GHz. In particular, an output power of 0.9 MW has ben measured in the TE/sub 25,14/ mode at 123.0 GHz and 1.16 MW in the TE/sub 32,18/ mode at 158.9 GHz. At frequencies its with strong window reflections the parameter range for which stable operation is possible is reduced significantly. In order to obtain results relevant for a technical realization of a continuously operated gyrotron, a tube with a radial radio frequency (RF)-beam output through two output windows and a single-stage depressed collector has been designed and is under fabrication. A two-step mode conversion scheme-TE-/sub 28,16/ to Te/sub +76.2/ to TEM/sub 00/-which generates two narrowly directed (60/spl deg/ at the launcher) output wavebeams has been chosen for a quasioptical (q,o) mode converter system. A conversion efficiency of 94% is expected.