Multimode interactions in cyclotron autoresonance maser amplifiers

Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.3389· OSTI ID:6008058

Chen, C; Wurtele, J S ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (US)

The interaction of transverse eigenmodes with a relativistic electron beam is analyzed in an overmoded cyclotron autoresonance maser amplifier, using a nonlinear self-consistent model and kinetic theory. It is shown that all of the coupled modes grow with the dominant unstable mode at the same growth rate, but suffer different launching losses. The phases of coupled modes are locked in the linear and nonlinear regimes. Simulations indicate that the rf power distribution among the interacting modes at saturation is {ital insensitive} to input power distribution but {ital sensitive} to detuning.

• OSTI ID: 6008058
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Vol. 65:27; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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