Pseudospark sourced beam-wave interaction experiments

A.W. Cross; H. Yin; W. He; A.D.R. Phelps; K. Ronald; C.G. Whyte; C.W. Robertson; IEEE

Pseudospark sourced beam-wave interaction experiments

A.W. Cross, H. Yin, W. He, A.D.R. Phelps, K. Ronald, C.G. Whyte, C.W. Robertson, IEEE

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Abstract

A pseudospark (PS) discharge has been shown to be a promising source of high quality, high intensity electron and ion beam pulses. A PS electron beam is ideal to drive high frequency radiation generators in the W-band (75 GHz to 110 GHz) due to its small beam size and the compactness of the device. This paper will present experimental results of the production of pseudospark-sourced electron beams from a 14-gap pseudospark discharge powered by a pulsed power system (a cable pulser) capable of producing 120 ns duration and 180 kV voltage pulses. Interaction between the electron beam and a W-band backward slow wave structure has been simulated using the particle-in-cell code MAGIC. High power radiation in the W-band frequency range was predicted. Microwave pulses were successfully detected from the experiment.

Original language	English
Pages	154-155
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	Joint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics - Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Sep 2007 → 9 Sep 2007

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Conference	Joint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics
City	Cardiff, United Kingdom
Period	2/09/07 → 9/09/07

Keywords

pseudospark
electron beam
beam-wave interaction
microwave generation

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