Title :
PIC simulation of a W-band gyroklystron amplifier
Author :
Xu, Shou-xi ; Liu, Pu-Kun ; Xue, Qian-zhong ; Geng, Zhi-Hui ; Su, Yi-nong ; Du, Chao-hai ; Liu, Gao-feng
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of High Power Microwave Sources & Technol., Inst. of Electron., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A W-band four-cavity gyroklystron amplifier has been studied using the particle-in-cell (PIC) code. The amplifier operates in the fundamental harmonic TE01 circular electric mode. The simulation predicts 143kw output power at W-band with 33.8% efficiency, 37dB gain and 1GHz bandwidth.
Keywords :
gyrotrons; klystrons; microwave amplifiers; PIC code; PIC simulation; W-band gyroklystron amplifier; bandwidth 1 GHz; four-cavity gyroklystron amplifier; gain 37 dB; harmonic TE01 circular electric mode; particle-in-cell code; power 143 kW; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Klystrons; Millimeter wave radar; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Gyroklystron amplifier; PIC; W-band;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262261
