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Title: Generation of high power sub-terahertz radiation from a gyrotron with second harmonic oscillation

Abstract

New power records of second harmonic gyrotron oscillation have been demonstrated in the sub-THz band. The first step gyrotron of demountable type had succeeded in oscillation with power more than 50 kW at 350 GHz and nearly 40 kW at 390 GHz [T. Notake et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 225002 (2009)]. Then, the second step gyrotron of sealed-off type was manufactured. A cavity mode was carefully selected to avoid mode competition with a neighboring fundamental harmonic mode. Matching of the selected mode with the electron gun was also circumspectly considered. The second step gyrotron has attained higher power radiation than the first gyrotron. The maximum single mode power was 62 kW at 388 GHz. Then, the electron gun was modified for use of a different cavity mode with a higher coupling coefficient than that for the 62 kW mode. The new mode proved single mode oscillation power of 83 kW at about 389 GHz. These results are new second-harmonic-oscillation power records for sub-THz gyrotrons. The present study constitutes foundations of development of high power second harmonic sub-THz gyrotron for application to collective Thomson scattering measurement on fusion plasmas, especially on high-density plasmas such as those produced in LHD [N.more » Ohyabu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 055002 (2006)]. This paper reports the design consideration to realize high power single mode gyrotron oscillation at second harmonic and the examination of oscillation characteristics of the gyrotron.« less

Authors:
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  1. Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui 910-8507 (Japan)
  2. Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8463 (Japan)
  3. Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod 603600 (Russian Federation)
  4. National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki 509-5292 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22072485
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRON GUNS; GHZ RANGE 100-1000; HARMONIC GENERATION; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; LHD DEVICE; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; OSCILLATION MODES; PLASMA DENSITY; THOMSON SCATTERING

Citation Formats

Saito, Teruo, Yamada, Naoki, Ikeuti, Shinji, Tatematsu, Yoshinori, Ikeda, Ryosuke, Ogawa, Isamu, Idehara, Toshitaka, Ogasawara, Shinya, Manuilov, Vladimir N, Shimozuma, Takashi, Kubo, Shin, Nishiura, Masaki, Tanaka, Kenji, and Kawahata, Kazuo. Generation of high power sub-terahertz radiation from a gyrotron with second harmonic oscillation. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4729316.
Saito, Teruo, Yamada, Naoki, Ikeuti, Shinji, Tatematsu, Yoshinori, Ikeda, Ryosuke, Ogawa, Isamu, Idehara, Toshitaka, Ogasawara, Shinya, Manuilov, Vladimir N, Shimozuma, Takashi, Kubo, Shin, Nishiura, Masaki, Tanaka, Kenji, & Kawahata, Kazuo. Generation of high power sub-terahertz radiation from a gyrotron with second harmonic oscillation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729316
Saito, Teruo, Yamada, Naoki, Ikeuti, Shinji, Tatematsu, Yoshinori, Ikeda, Ryosuke, Ogawa, Isamu, Idehara, Toshitaka, Ogasawara, Shinya, Manuilov, Vladimir N, Shimozuma, Takashi, Kubo, Shin, Nishiura, Masaki, Tanaka, Kenji, and Kawahata, Kazuo. 2012. "Generation of high power sub-terahertz radiation from a gyrotron with second harmonic oscillation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729316.
@article{osti_22072485,
title = {Generation of high power sub-terahertz radiation from a gyrotron with second harmonic oscillation},
author = {Saito, Teruo and Yamada, Naoki and Ikeuti, Shinji and Tatematsu, Yoshinori and Ikeda, Ryosuke and Ogawa, Isamu and Idehara, Toshitaka and Ogasawara, Shinya and Manuilov, Vladimir N and Shimozuma, Takashi and Kubo, Shin and Nishiura, Masaki and Tanaka, Kenji and Kawahata, Kazuo},
abstractNote = {New power records of second harmonic gyrotron oscillation have been demonstrated in the sub-THz band. The first step gyrotron of demountable type had succeeded in oscillation with power more than 50 kW at 350 GHz and nearly 40 kW at 390 GHz [T. Notake et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 225002 (2009)]. Then, the second step gyrotron of sealed-off type was manufactured. A cavity mode was carefully selected to avoid mode competition with a neighboring fundamental harmonic mode. Matching of the selected mode with the electron gun was also circumspectly considered. The second step gyrotron has attained higher power radiation than the first gyrotron. The maximum single mode power was 62 kW at 388 GHz. Then, the electron gun was modified for use of a different cavity mode with a higher coupling coefficient than that for the 62 kW mode. The new mode proved single mode oscillation power of 83 kW at about 389 GHz. These results are new second-harmonic-oscillation power records for sub-THz gyrotrons. The present study constitutes foundations of development of high power second harmonic sub-THz gyrotron for application to collective Thomson scattering measurement on fusion plasmas, especially on high-density plasmas such as those produced in LHD [N. Ohyabu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 055002 (2006)]. This paper reports the design consideration to realize high power single mode gyrotron oscillation at second harmonic and the examination of oscillation characteristics of the gyrotron.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4729316},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22072485}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 6,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}