Non-uniform Slow Wave Structure Research Articles

Backward Wave Oscillators With Coaxial Structures: Dispersion Relation and PIC Simulation

The dispersion relation of a corrugated—wall resonator with an inner coaxial structure has been analyzed as well as the effects of the corrugation period, amplitude and the radius of the coaxial structure on it. Furthermore, we got an output power of 2.1GW at frequency 11.09GHz in a non-uniform slow wave structure by using the PIC simulation software—MAGIC.

Efficiency enhancement of high power vacuum BWO's using nonuniform slow wave structures

The Sinus-6, a high-power relativistic repetitively-pulsed electron beam accelerator, is used to drive various slow wave structures in a BWO configuration in vacuum. Peak output power of about 550 MW at 9.45 GHz was radiated in an 8-ns pulse. We describe experiments which study the relative efficiencies of microwave generation from a two-stage nonuniform amplitude slow wave structure and its variations without an initial stage. Experimental results are compared with 2.5 D particle-in-cell computer simulations. Our results suggest that prebunching the electron beam in the initial section of the nonuniform BWO results in increased microwave generation efficiency, Furthermore, simulations reveal that, in addition to the backward propagating surface harmonic of the TM/sub 01/ mode, backward and forward propagating volume harmonics with phase velocity twice that of the surface harmonic play an important role in high-power microwave generation and radiation. >