A cusp electron gun for millimeter wave gyrodevices

C. R. Donaldson; W. He; A.W. Cross; Fengping Li; A.D.R. Phelps; Liang Zhang; Kevin Ronald; Craig Robertson; Colin Whyte; Alan Young

doi:10.1063/1.3374888

A cusp electron gun for millimeter wave gyrodevices

C. R. Donaldson, W. He, A.W. Cross, Fengping Li, A.D.R. Phelps, Liang Zhang, Kevin Ronald, Craig Robertson, Colin Whyte, Alan Young

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Abstract

The experimental results of a thermionic cusp electron gun, to drive millimeter and submillimeter wave harmonic gyrodevices, are reported in this paper. Using a "smooth" magnetic field reversal formed by two coils this gun generated an annular-shaped, axis-encircling electron beam with 1.5 A current, and an adjustable velocity ratio alpha of up to 1.56 at a beam voltage of 40 kV. The beam cross-sectional shape and transported beam current were measured by a witness plate technique and Faraday cup, respectively. These measured results were found to be in excellent agreement with the simulated results using the three-dimensional code MAGIC.

Original language	English
Article number	141501
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3374888
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2010

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electron guns
gyrotrons
millimetre wave devices
submillimetre wave devices

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