Design, simulation, and cold test of a W-band double nonparallel staggered grating backward wave oscillator

Zhang, Jin and Alfadhl, Yasir and Chen, Xiaodong and Zhang, Liang and Cross, Adrian W. (2022) Design, simulation, and cold test of a W-band double nonparallel staggered grating backward wave oscillator. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 69 (10). pp. 5814-5818. ISSN 0018-9383 (https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2022.3195484)

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Abstract

A novel double nonparallel staggered grating (DNPSG) slow wave structure (SWS) is proposed to enhance the coupling impedance in a W-band backward wave oscillator (BWO) driven by a pseudosparksourced sheet electron beam. The DNPSG SWS has been shown a broadband of 72–125 GHz and a higher coupling impedance compared with the traditional double staggered grating (DSG) SWS in simulation. The DNPSG BWO structure consisting of ten SWS units and a broadband output structure is designed and fabricated. In the cold test of the DNPSG BWO, the measured S11 (double of the losses in the DNPSG BWO) is above −10 dB in most of the band, which is satisfactory in the pseudospark-driven high-power device. The hot-test performance of the DNPSG BWO is analyzed by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation in a beam voltage range of 14–90 kV and a current density range of 1.5–5 × 107 A/m2, obtaining a high output power (max. 190 kW) over an ultrawide tuning band of 38 GHz (75–113 GHz) due to enhanced coupling impedance.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:81797
    Dates:
    Date
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    1 October 2022
    Published
    5 August 2022
    Published Online
    28 July 2022
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    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
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    Date deposited:10 Aug 2022 13:22
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