Measurement of velocity spread of axis-encircling electron beam
- Omega-P, Inc., New Haven, CT (United States)
- Science Applications International Corp., McLean, VA (United States); and others
To achieve high efficient harmonic gyro-amplifier, gyro-peniotron research is underway at NRL using axis-encircling beam and magnetron-type slotted waveguide structure. The device performance depends critically on the quality of the electron beam. After several years` efforts, a new type axis-encircling gun with triple pole piece and center post, has been designed and fabricated by Litton. Electron ray trajectory calculations for the gun, performed using the deformable mesh code DEMEOS at Litton, indicate that the beam can be realizable at beam velocity ratio({alpha}) of 2 using 70kV, 3.5A beam. The microperveance of the beam was measured to be 0.216 up to 70kV. Experimental work is in progress to characterize the electron beam {alpha} and electron beam alignment using capacitive probes, and axial velocity spread using a movable collector. Initial test shows the measurement agrees reasonably well with the simulation. The detailed experimental results will be presented and compared with simulation.
- OSTI ID:
- 153911
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950612-; ISBN 0-7803-2669-5; TRN: IM9602%%401
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. international conference on plasma science, Madison, WI (United States), 5-8 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of IEEE conference record -- abstracts: 1995 IEEE international conference on plasma science; PB: 312 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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