• DocumentCode
    1455869
  • Title

    Time–Frequency Analysis of Virtual-Cathode Oscillator

  • Author

    Jiang, Weihua

  • Author_Institution
    Extreme Energy-Density Res. Inst., Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Nagaoka, Japan
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1325
  • Lastpage
    1328
  • Abstract
    Time-frequency analysis has been carried out for microwave radiation from a virtual-cathode oscillator. The objective is to observe and understand the frequency behavior of virtual-cathode oscillation. The diagnostic results have given clear evidence of mode hopping and frequency shifting. The dependence of mode competition on diode operation parameters is also identified. Initial particle-in-cell simulations using “MAGIC” code have been carried out, and the results were in general agreement with those obtained in the experiments.
  • Keywords
    time-frequency analysis; vircators; MAGIC code; diode operation parameters; microwave radiation; mode competition; particle-in-cell simulations; time-frequency analysis; virtual-cathode oscillator; Electron beams; microwave measurements; microwave oscillators; pulsed-power systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2010.2043371
  • Filename
    5439720