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 languageEnglish
Pages154-155
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventJoint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics - Cardiff, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Sep 20079 Sep 2007

Conference

ConferenceJoint 32nd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics
CityCardiff, United Kingdom
Period2/09/079/09/07

Keywords

  • pseudospark
  • electron beam
  • beam-wave interaction
  • microwave generation

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