Derivation and generalization of the dispersion relation of rising-sun magnetron with sectorial and rectangular cavities

Particle-in-cell simulations are performed to analyze the efficiency, output power and leakage currents in a 12-Cavity, 12-Cathode rising-sun magnetron with diffraction output (MDO). The central goal is to conduct a parameter study of a rising-sun magnetron that comprehensively incorporates performance enhancing features such as transparent cathodes, axial extraction, the use of endcaps, and cathode extensions. Our optimum results demonstrate peak output power of about 2.1 GW, with efficiencies of ∼70% and low leakage currents at a magnetic field of 0.45 Tesla, a 400 kV bias with a single endcap, for a range of cathode extensions between 3 and 6 centimeters.

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Particle-in-cell based parameter study of 12-cavity, 12-cathode rising-sun relativistic magnetrons for improved performance

Majzoobi

Joshi

Neuber

et al. 2015

AIP Advances

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A frequency tunable relativistic magnetron with a wide operation regime

et al. 2017

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A frequency tunable relativistic magnetron (RM) with a wide operation regime is proposed. With the all cavity-magnetron axial extraction technique, the RM can output TEM mode with the operating frequency of 4.3 GHz, which is demonstrated as the dominating output mode by theoretical analysis, cold simulations and hot simulations respectively, corresponding to the output power of 466 MW and the power conversion efficiency of 56.4 %. It also can achieve a wide frequency tuning with the bandwidth of 0.96 GHz and the relative bandwidth of 20.8 %, corresponding to the output power of above 400 MW and the power conversion efficiency of above 40 %. Further simulation results show that the RM has strong performance robustness to the perturbations of the electrical parameters and almost all structural parameters except the cathode radius, anode radius and cavity radius, however two methods proposed in this paper can be taken to further improve the RM performance. The performance robustness enables the RM to operate with a wide parameter regime while keeping a good performance. In addition, a GW-level RM with the power conversion efficiency of 55.9 % also can be obtained.

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A modified relativistic magnetron with TEM output mode

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A modified relativistic magnetron (RM) with TEM output mode is proposed. By setting the coupling slots at the bottom of the resonant cavities in the transmission region rather than in the interaction region, besides possessing the original RM's advantages of high power conversion efficiency and radiating the lowest order mode, the modified RM not only improves the compactness and miniaturization of the magnetic field system, which is beneficial to realize the RMs packed by a permanent magnet, but also improves the robustness of operating frequency to structural perturbations of the coupling slots, which contributes to optimize the RM performance by adjusting the coupling slot dimensions with a relatively stable operating frequency. In the three-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation, the modified RM with a reduction of 27.2% in the weight of the coils, 35.8% in the occupied space of the coils, and 18.6% in the operating current, can output a relatively pure TEM mode, which has been demonstrated as the dominant output mode by simulation, corresponding to an output power of 495.0 MW and a power conversion efficiency of 56.4%, at the resonant frequency of 4.30 GHz. In addition, an output power of above 2 GW can also be obtained from the RM in simulations.

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Derivation and generalization of the dispersion relation of rising-sun magnetron with sectorial and rectangular cavities

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Particle-in-cell based parameter study of 12-cavity, 12-cathode rising-sun relativistic magnetrons for improved performance

Particle-in-cell based parameter study of 12-cavity, 12-cathode rising-sun relativistic magnetrons for improved performance

A frequency tunable relativistic magnetron with a wide operation regime

A modified relativistic magnetron with TEM output mode

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