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The Characteristics of the Second and Third Virtual Cathodes in an Axial Vircator for the Generation of High-Power Microwaves

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العنوان: The Characteristics of the Second and Third Virtual Cathodes in an Axial Vircator for the Generation of High-Power Microwaves
المؤلفون: Sohail Mumtaz, Eun-Ha Choi
المصدر: Electronics; Volume 11; Issue 23; Pages: 3973
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: multiple virtual cathodes, axial vircators, high power microwaves, particle in cell simulation, leaked electrons, high efficiency vircator
الوصف: A virtual cathode oscillator or vircator is a vacuum tube for producing high-power microwaves (HPM). The efficiency of the vircator has been a difficult task for decades. The main reasons for low efficiency are intense relativistic electron beam (IREB) loss and few or no interactions between IREB and HPM. In this case, forming multiple virtual cathodes may be beneficial in overcoming these constraints. By reusing the axially propagating leaked electrons (LE), we could confine them and form multiple virtual cathodes (VCs). This article discussed the characteristics of newly formed VCs based on simulation results. The formation time of new VCs was discovered to be highly dependent on the reflector position and the density of LE approaching their surfaces. Furthermore, multiple VC formation in the waveguide region does not affect conventional VCs’ position or forming time. The emission mode of the generated HPM was TM01 with single and multiple VCs and remained unaffected. The formation of multiple VCs positively influenced the axial and radial electric fields. When compared to a single VC, the axial and radial electric field increased 25.5 and 18 times with multiple VCs. The findings suggested that forming multiple VCs could be a future hope for achieving high vircator efficiency.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Microwave and Wireless Communications; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics11233973
DOI: 10.3390/electronics11233973
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11233973
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.C8A8B089
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.3390/electronics11233973