Design of a gridded cusp gun for a W-band gyro-TWA

Zhang, Liang and Donaldson, Craig R. and Cross, Adrian W. and Phelps, Alan D. R. and He, Wenlong; (2018) Design of a gridded cusp gun for a W-band gyro-TWA. In: 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz). IEEE, JPN. ISBN 9781538638095

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    Abstract

    This paper reports the design and optimization of a gridded cusp electron gun for a W-band gyrotron traveling wave amplifier. By applying positive or negative biasing potentials to additional electrodes that are placed in front of the emitter, the electron beam can be switched on and off quickly and easily. In simulations, an optimal velocity ratio (alpha) of 1.12 with an alpha spread of ~10.7% was achieved when the gridded-type gun was operated at a beam voltage of 40 kV and a current of 1.7 A.

    ORCID iDs

    Zhang, Liang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395, Donaldson, Craig R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-2461, Cross, Adrian W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283, Phelps, Alan D. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012 and He, Wenlong ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-0527;
    • Item type:Book Section
      ID code:65646
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      29 October 2018
      Published
      9 September 2018
      Published Online
      25 May 2018
      Accepted
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      Keywords:gridded cusp electron gun, W-band gyro-TWA, electron beam, Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
      Subjects:Science > Physics
      Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:03 Oct 2018 11:59
      Last modified:01 Aug 2021 01:42
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/65646
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