Numerical research on a 4 MW 170 GHz coaxial gyrotron with a double electron beam

Abstract

In this paper, a coaxial gyrotron with a double electron beam is investigated on the ohmic loss, starting current, mode competition, and beam wave interaction. Its beam-wave interaction equation and dependence of the starting current on the static magnetic field and parameter K (the ratio of the current of an electron beam to the total current of a double electron beam) are given. On this basis, a 4 MW 170 GHz coaxial gyrotron with a double electron beam is studied. By the numerical calculation, the influence of K on the starting current is analyzed under a given static magnetic field and at different guiding center radii of the double electron beam. Studies show that the ability of the gyrotron to suppress the mode competition has a relation with the selection of the guiding center radii of the two electron beams. Then, the investigation of a time-dependent multi-mode competition of the gyrotron is performed, which shows that the gyrotron can stably operate in the TE38,18− mode. The results show that by considering the ohmic loss, the gyrotron can operate at 170.4 GHz with the output power of 4.04 MW and the beam-wave interaction efficiency of 35.47% when B = 6.82 T, U = 88 KV, I = 129 A, and K = 0.4. Each of the two electron beams in the gyrotron has different beam-wave interaction efficiencies. Compared to the coaxial gyrotron with one electron beam, the beam-wave interaction efficiency of each electron beam in the coaxial gyrotron with a double electron beam has a different increase.