Compact ${L}$ -Band Relativistic Magnetron With Diffraction Output of TEM Mode

Abstract

A compact ${L}$ -band relativistic magnetron (RM) with the diffraction output (DO) of the TEM mode is proposed. In this DO configuration, a ridged circular waveguide is used to replace the cylindrical waveguide to decrease its radial dimension. The RF field of the operating $\pi $ -mode is extracted from every resonator cavity and guided to the ridged circular waveguide. Even at the operating frequency of 1.55 GHz, the ridged circular waveguide can reduce the cutoff radius of the RF wave to 73 mm. The output RF field is further effectively converted to the TEM mode by a compact mode converter. Moreover, in the resonant system, a 10-cavity rising-sun slow wave structure (SWS) is applied to lower the phase velocity of the operating spatial harmonic and enhance the mode separation between the operating mode and the adjacent mode. The particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations demonstrate that the practical RM could output a relatively pure TEM mode at the frequency of 1.55 GHz, and its total efficiency is up to 60% with gigawatt radiation power for a diode voltage of 400 kV.