S-band vircator with electron beam premodulation based on compact pulse driver with inductive energy storage

Abstract

This paper describes an S-band vircator system with electron beam premodulation, built on the base of the MARINA compact high-voltage pulser with inductive energy storage. The peak microwave output was ∼1 GW with ∼5% power efficiency and 50-ns full-width at half-maximum. The microwave frequency was constant during the pulse as determined by the resonator. Substantial spontaneous shortening of the microwave pulse was observed. Possible mechanisms for this phenomenon are discussed and supported by three-dimensional KARAT simulations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1179-1185
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	30
Issue number	3 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2002.801642
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fuse opening switch
High-power microwaves (HPM)
Particle-in-cell (PIC)-simulations
Premodulation
Pulse shortening
Vircator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)
Condensed Matter Physics

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Kitsanov, S. A., Klimov, A. I., Korovin, S. D., Kovalchuk, B. M., Kurkan, I. K., Loginov, S. V., Pegel, I. V., Polevin, S. D., Volkov, S. N., & Zherlitsyn, A. A. (2002). S-band vircator with electron beam premodulation based on compact pulse driver with inductive energy storage. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 30(3 I), 1179-1185. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2002.801642

S-band vircator with electron beam premodulation based on compact pulse driver with inductive energy storage. / Kitsanov, Sergei A.; Klimov, Alexey Ivanovich; Korovin, Sergei D.; Kovalchuk, Boris M.; Kurkan, Ivan K.; Loginov, Sergey V.; Pegel, Igor V.; Polevin, Sergei D.; Volkov, Sergei N.; Zherlitsyn, Andrey A.

In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 30, No. 3 I, 06.2002, p. 1179-1185.

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Kitsanov, Sergei A. ; Klimov, Alexey Ivanovich ; Korovin, Sergei D. ; Kovalchuk, Boris M. ; Kurkan, Ivan K. ; Loginov, Sergey V. ; Pegel, Igor V. ; Polevin, Sergei D. ; Volkov, Sergei N. ; Zherlitsyn, Andrey A. / S-band vircator with electron beam premodulation based on compact pulse driver with inductive energy storage. In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 2002 ; Vol. 30, No. 3 I. pp. 1179-1185.

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