Compact THz extended interaction oscillator driven by a pseudospark-sourced beam

Zhang, Liang and Xie, Jie and He, Wenlong and Ronald, Kevin and Phelps, Alan D. R. and Zhang, Jin and Chen, Xiaodong and Cross, Adrian W.; (2020) Compact THz extended interaction oscillator driven by a pseudospark-sourced beam. In: 2020 13th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies, UCMMT 2020. 2020 13th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies, UCMMT 2020 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., CHN. ISBN 9781728190648 (https://doi.org/10.1109/UCMMT49983.2020.9296120)

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Abstract

The pseudospark discharge generated electron beam has the advantage of high current density and no need for an external guiding magnetic field. A sheet electron beam can be generated using a collimator with a sub-millimeter aperture. Simulation results showed that an extended interaction oscillator operating at 0.35 THz could achieve an output power of 1.8 kW. Simulations have been used to confirm that a \pm 5\ \mu\mathrm{m} tolerance will result in an acceptable performance.