Simulations of dielectric Cerenkov masers at moderate to high power
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Electronics Research Lab.
A dielectric Cerenkov maser amplifier is simulated with XOOPIC and results are compared to experiment and theory. The device examined is azimuthally symmetric with a circular crossection. The dispersion has been obtained and agrees well with the experiment. The efficiency, power and gain will be compared for the parameters of the Dartmouth experiment. Other configurations of interest include devices of higher beam energy and current such as the experiment of Main. This device generated a peak microwave power of 280 MW for 3ns before experiencing RF quenching, possibly due to the formation of a plasma at the wall, which they intend to investigate further. The authors also examine various techniques of reducing the field stresses which may cause breakdown in this class of device. Also, increasing microwave power and efficiency via grading the dielectric constant to match the beam velocity will be examined.
- OSTI ID:
- 449489
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960634-; TRN: IM9714%%46
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science, Boston, MA (United States), 3-5 Jun 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of IEEE conference record -- Abstracts: 1996 IEEE international conference on plasma science; PB: 324 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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