Effect of the transverse nonuniformity of the radiofrequency field on the start current and efficiency of gyrodevices with confocal mirrors
- Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-3511 (United States)
The theory is developed for analyzing the effect of transverse nonuniformity of the radiofrequency (rf) field on the starting conditions and efficiency of such gyrotron oscillators as gyromonotrons and gyro-backward-wave oscillators (gyro-BWO). The formalism allows one to study this effect in oscillators operating in the regimes of soft and hard self-excitation. Results obtained for a device with a confocal waveguide (or resonator) are compared with the results for conventional gyrodevices where the rf field acting on electrons with different guiding centers is the same. It is shown how to use results of the classical small-signal theory of backward-wave oscillators driven by linear electron beams for calculating the start currents in gyro-BWOs. The effect of the wave attenuation in waveguide walls on the start current is analyzed, which is important for the design of frequency-tunable gyro-backward-wave oscillators in the THz (and sub THz) frequency range.
- OSTI ID:
- 21254559
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2992134; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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