Low-Voltage Cyclotron Resonance Maser

Author

Kishko, S.A. ; Ponomarenko, S.S. ; Kuleshov, A.N. ; Zavertanniy, Viktor V. ; Yefimov, B.P. ; Alexeff, I.

Author_Institution

Vacuum Electron. Dept., O. Ya. Usikov Inst. for Radiophys. & Electron., Kharkov, Ukraine

Volume

41

Issue

9

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 2013

Firstpage

2475

Lastpage

2479

Abstract

The gyrotron, which is the most powerful cyclotron resonance maser (CRM), is an extremely effective device to generate high-power microwave radiation. It is used in microwave heating of thermonuclear plasma, radar, and other industrial applications. However, the gyrotron has one basic problem. It requires relativistic (very high energy) electrons. These require very high voltages to produce, and, in turn, relativistic electrons produce intense and dangerous X-rays in the collector region. In this paper, we discuss an alternate method of operation that does not require high voltages. We have also constructed a low-voltage CRM that operates at 2.2 kV and produces 8 GHz at a magnetic field of 0.3 T. In principle, the device should operate at even lower voltages.

Keywords

X-rays; cyclotron masers; gyrotrons; microwave generation; CRM; X-ray collector region; frequency 8 GHz; gyrotron; high-power microwave radiation generation; low-voltage cyclotron resonance maser; magnetic flux density 0.3 T; microwave heating; radar; relativistic electron; thermonuclear plasma; voltage 2.2 V; Acceleration; Cavity resonators; Customer relationship management; Cyclotrons; Gyrotrons; Magnetic resonance; Mirrors; Cyclotron resonance maser; electron bunching; inhomogeneous magnetic field; magnetic mirror; magnetron injection gun; pitch factor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2013.2276745

Filename

6581859