Pseudospark-based electron beam and Cherenkov maser experiments

Yin, Huabi and Robb, Gordon and He, W and Phelps, A D R and Cross, A W and Ronald, K (2000) Pseudospark-based electron beam and Cherenkov maser experiments. Physics of Plasmas, 7 (12). pp. 5195-5205. ISSN 1070-664X (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1319637)

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Abstract

Detailed experimental results from the first free-electron maser experiment to use a pseudospark-based electron beam are presented in this paper. These include the design and realization of a pseudospark-based electron beam source and Cherenkov maser experiment. A pulsed, 70-80 kV, 10 A electron beam was obtained from the hollow cathode discharge phase of an 8-gap pseudospark (PS) discharge. The beam was used to produce coherent microwave radiation via a Cherenkov interaction between the electron beam and the TM01 mode of a 60-cm long alumina-lined waveguide. A gain of 29+/-3 dB was measured and an output power of 2+/-0.2 kW in the frequency range 25.5-28.6 GHz. Results from numerical simulations of the Cherenkov amplification are also presented and found to be consistent with the experimental results.

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Yin, Huabi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-9759, Robb, Gordon ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-5926, He, W ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-0527, Phelps, A D R ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012, Cross, A W ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283 and Ronald, K ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8585-0746;
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