• DocumentCode
    182485
  • Title

    Electron bunching in stepped electric-field profiles

  • Author

    Barroso, Joaquim J.

  • Author_Institution
    Assoc. Plasma Lab., Nat. Inst. for Space Res., São José dos Campos, Brazil
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    22-24 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    371
  • Lastpage
    372
  • Abstract
    On the basis of analytical considerations and numerical simulation, this work demonstrates that transit-time tubes with stepped RF electric-field profiles can provide electron conversion efficiency in excess of 40 percent. This represents a two-fold enhancement in the conversion efficiency in comparison with that obtained with a longitudinally uniform electric-field distribution. Such an improvement arises from a phase synchronization process due to the action of RF electric fields of reversed signs along the interaction space.
  • Keywords
    electric fields; microwave tubes; numerical analysis; particle beam bunching; synchronisation; electron bunching; longitudinally uniform electric-field distribution; numerical simulation; phase synchronization process; stepped RF electric-field profiles; transit-time microwave tubes; two-fold enhancement; Cavity resonators; Electric fields; Electron tubes; Force; Plasmas; Radio frequency; Trajectory; conversion efficiency; electron bunching; microwave generation; transit-time microwave tubes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2014.6857644
  • Filename
    6857644