The design and simulation of a cusp electron beam source for a W-band Gyro-BWO experiment

Craig Donaldson, Wenlong He, Alan Phelps, Adrian Cross, Kevin Ronald

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Abstract

Presented is the design of a cusp electron gun that is be used in a Gyrotron-Backward Wave Oscillator which is operating in the W-Band (75 - 110 GHz) frequency range. A cusp gun uses a non-adiabatic magnetic field reversal to impart azimuthal motion on an electron beam forming an axis-encircling beam. The cusp gun was designed to generate a beam of 2A at 40kV with a pitch factor of 1.65, in order to operate at a centre frequency of 94GHz. The beam had an axial velocity spread of 7.4% with a beam radius spread of 12.2% and alpha spread of 10.1
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEighth IEEE international vacuum electronics conference
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherIEEE
Pages273-274
ISBN (Print)9781424406333
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event8th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference - Kitakyushu, Japan
Duration: 15 May 200717 May 2007

Publication series

NameIEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference IVEC
PublisherIEEE

Conference

Conference8th IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKitakyushu
Period15/05/0717/05/07

Keywords

  • high power microwave
  • cusp electron gun
  • Gyro-BWO
  • W-band
  • electron beam source
  • axis-encircling beam
  • large-orbit electron beam

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    He, W., Donaldson, C., Phelps, A., Cross, A. & Ronald, K., 2006, Conference digest of the 2006 joint 31st international conference on infrared and millimeter waves and 14th international conference on terahertz electronics. Shen, X., Lu, W., Zhang, J. & Dou, W. (eds.). New York: IEEE, p. 88-88 1 p.

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