Pseudospark-sourced micro electron beam for a W-band klystron amplifier

Author

Yin, Huabi ; Cross, Adrian W. ; Bowes, David ; He, Wenlong ; Ronald, Kevin ; Phelps, Alan D R ; Li, Daohui ; Chen, Xiaodong

Author_Institution

SUPA Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

24-26 April 2012

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

72

Abstract

With the aim of producing a high-frequency source of radiation, the University of Strathclyde has been working to design and construct a klystron amplifier with a working frequency of 94 GHz. Following experiments previously carried out at the university on pseudospark discharges, a micro-scale pseudospark discharge is being investigated as the electron beam source for the klystron amplifier. The klystron has been designed using the particle-in-cell (PiC) code MAGIC-2D and simulated output to date looks promising.

Keywords

klystrons; millimetre wave amplifiers; PiC code MAGIC-2D; W-band klystron amplifier; frequency 94 GHz; micro-scale pseudospark discharge; particle-in-cell code MAGIC-2D; pseudospark discharges; pseudospark-sourced micro electron beam; radiation high-frequency source; Cavity resonators; Discharges (electric); Electron beams; Fault location; Klystrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0188-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-0187-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262078

Filename

6262078