Abstract

The development of compact amplifiers with an average power of the frequency range 0.2–0.3 THz is related to the design of electron-optical systems using converging sheet beams that allow obtaining sufficiently high current densities with a lower current load on the cathode and with a lower value of the magnetic field. Based on the theory of synthesis the numerical simulation results for electron-optical systems for the formation of a converging sheet electron beam are presented. Reduction of the current load on the cathode allows the principle of transformation of a cylindrical electron beam into a sheet by employing electrostatic compression of the beam in one plane. A sheet beam electron-optical system with a field emission cathode with convergence of 10, and with the beam of 0.1 × 1.1 mm2 and current density of 45 A/cm2 has been performed. The electron gun employing the cathode–gate structure with diameter of 1 mm has an emitting current up to 10 mA in experiment. The modulation coefficient of the cathode current for a gun with a sheet electron beam has 0.3% of the anode potential.

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