Sheet Electron Beam Transport in a Metamaterial-Loaded Waveguide Under the Uniform Magnetic Focusing

We study the interaction of a cold and relativistic electron beam with a cylindrical waveguide loaded by an anisotropic and dispersive metamaterial layer. The general dispersion relation for the transverse magnetic (TM) mode, through the linear fluid model and Maxwell equations decomposition method, is derived. The effects of some metamaterial parameters on dispersion relation are presented. A qualitative discussion shows the possibility of monomodal propagation band widening and obtaining more control on dispersion relation behavior. Especially for epsilon negative near zero metamaterials, these effects are considerable. Finally, the anisotropy and metamaterial layer thickness impacts on wave growth rate for different metamaterials are considered. The results demonstrate that we can control both wave growth rate and voltage of saturation peak by metamaterial parameters.

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A new approach of using low magnetic field to focus SEB

Yin

Yue

et al. 2021

Physics of Plasmas

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The transport of sheet electron beam (SEB) is of critical importance for the success of a number of high-power millimeter wave and terahertz vacuum devices. In this paper, the condition to achieve the SEB's stable transport in uniform longitudinal magnetic field is studied. Based on this stability condition, a new approach, named sheet electron beam matching focusing magnetic (SEB-MFM) field, which consists of a longitudinal component and a tiny transverse component, is presented. The SEB-MFM field can be generated by adding extra transversely magnetized magnets to the conventional uniform magnetic (UM) system. For demonstrating the effect of the SEB-MFM field, the simulation work of the SEB-MFM field and conventional UM field is carried out for an electron optical system employing a SEB. The simulation results show that the SEB-MFM field effectively eliminates the instabilities, such as distortion and deformation, arising from the longitudinal magnetic field. In addition, comparing with conventional UM field, the SEB-MFM can achieve the stable and long-distance transport of a SEB with a pretty low magnetic field strength. Finally, a new magnetic system generating SEB-MFM field is designed, fabricated, and measured.

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Sheet Electron Beam Transport in a Metamaterial-Loaded Waveguide Under the Uniform Magnetic Focusing

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A new approach of using low magnetic field to focus SEB

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