Proton Beam Transit-Time Oscillator (TTO) For Producing High Power Microwaves

Michael A. Mostrom; Randy M. Clark; M. Joseph Arman; Mark M. Campbell; Brendan B. Godfrey; Donald J. Sullivan; John E. Walsh

doi:10.1117/12.951781

25 July 1989 Proton Beam Transit-Time Oscillator (TTO) For Producing High Power Microwaves

Michael A. Mostrom, Randy M. Clark, M. Joseph Arman, Mark M. Campbell, Brendan B. Godfrey, Donald J. Sullivan, John E. Walsh

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Proceedings Volume 1061, Microwave and Particle Beam Sources and Directed Energy Concepts; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951781
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Self-consistent, 2D, electromagnetic particle-in-cell computer simulations agree with the linear and nonlin-ear theoretical model presented in a companion paper and confirm the importance of space-charge effects. Simulations under idealized conditions demonstrate 18% conversion efficiency of ion beam power into 100 GW of extracted microwaves. Internal fields in the cavity reach 13 MV/cm. Typical constraints on the beam parameters are Vb > 3 MeV to avoid resonance shifts due to gap closure, Ib > 100 kA to maximize the growth rate and minimize the interaction Q, and Tb > 30 ns to keep the cavity gap d > 1 cm. This excludes small scale experiments from any proof-of-principal demonstration. Further theoretical research is needed for the necessary external magnetic field in cylindrical cavities and for plasma formation.

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Michael A. Mostrom, Randy M. Clark, M. Joseph Arman, Mark M. Campbell, Brendan B. Godfrey, Donald J. Sullivan, and John E. Walsh "Proton Beam Transit-Time Oscillator (TTO) For Producing High Power Microwaves", Proc. SPIE 1061, Microwave and Particle Beam Sources and Directed Energy Concepts, (25 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951781

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