Magnetron injection gun for high-power gyroklystron

Zhang, Liang and Nix, Laurence J. R. and Cross, Adrian W. (2020) Magnetron injection gun for high-power gyroklystron. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 67 (11). pp. 5151-5157. ISSN 0018-9383 (https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2020.3025747)

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Abstract

A magnetron injection gun (MIG) can generate an annular electron beam with a high transverse-to-axial velocity ratio for gyrotron devices. This article compares the different configurations of the MIGs and their suitable applications were analyzed from the theoretical study. Following that, an MIG for a 48-GHz, 2-MW output power gyroklystron was designed and optimized by parameterizing the MIG's geometry and the magnetic field. By using the standard triode-type configuration, a low alpha spread of 8.9% was achieved. The simulation results showed that the magnetic field profile also plays an important role in the MIG design. The angle of the magnetic field on the emitter surface affects the alpha value and the alpha spread, which was not able to be predicted by the synthesis method. It provides an extra degree of freedom for tuning the MIG's performance in the experiment where the geometry of the gun is fixed. This work was supported in part by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), U.K., Cockcroft Institute Core, under Grant R160525-1, and in part by the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant EP/S00968X/1. This  work  is  supported in part by European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Project  “CompactLight” 2017-2021. “CompactLight”  grant code: 777431-XLS. Published data November 2020, under Self-archiving / 'green' OA.

ORCID iDs

Zhang, Liang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395, Nix, Laurence J. R. and Cross, Adrian W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:73952
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    November 2020
    Published
    30 September 2020
    Published Online
    17 September 2020
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    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 Sep 2020 10:32
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 12:50
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73952
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