Title :
The Design of Gridded Pierce Guns for Accelerators
Author_Institution :
Electron Devices Division, Litton Systems, Inc. San Carlos, California 94070
Abstract :
It is vital to employ ultra-laminar beams in electron linacs to maximize charge transport to the target. This paper presents numerical and experimental design techniques which have led to significant improvements in gridded Pierce guns used in microwave tubes and electron linacs. The paper concludes with two gun/injector concepts which have demonstrated enhanced performance over standard triode Pierce guns.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Computational modeling; Design for experiments; Electron beams; Electron devices; Filling; Guns; Linear accelerators; Surges; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1985.4333997
