Gyrotron generation of broadband chaotic radiation under overlapping of high- and low-frequency resonances

Abstract

Significant (up to 10%) broadening of the band of noise-like radiation in gyrotrons is possible due to specific tuning of gyrofrequency relative to the critical frequency of the working mode when the high- and low-frequency cyclotron resonances are substantially separated at the given translation and transverse velocities of electrons. The generation bands at the resonances are overlapped under operation above the threshold. The analysis with allowance for finiteness of the electron transit time in the interaction space and, hence, different slopes of the dispersion characteristics of electron beam and wave is critically important for correct investigation of the generation regimes in the framework of the average approach. The results are verified using direct 3D particle-in-cell simulation of the chaotic generation regimes of the gyrotron generation in the 8-mm-wavelength range.