Gain analysis of higher-order-mode amplification in a dielectric-implanted multi-beam traveling wave structure

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A multi-beam traveling wave amplifier designed with an overmoded staggered double grating array was examined by small signal analysis combined with simulation. Eigenmode and S-parameter analyses show that the 2 cm long slow wave structure (SWS) has 1-5 dB insertion loss over the passband (TM31 mode) with ∼28% cold bandwidth. Analytic gain calculation indicates that in the SWS, TM31-mode is amplified with 15-20 dB/beam at 64-84 GHz with three elliptical beams of 10 kV and 150 mA/beam, which was compared with particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. PIC analysis on the analysis of instability with zero-input driving excitations demonstrated that background noises and non-operating lower order modes are noticeably suppressed by implanting equidistant dielectric absorbers; the overmoded structure only allowed the desired 3rd order mode to propagate in the structure. The designed circuit structure can be widely applied to multi-beam devices for high power RF generation. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Gee, A., & Shin, Y. M. (2013). Gain analysis of higher-order-mode amplification in a dielectric-implanted multi-beam traveling wave structure. Physics of Plasmas, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4813800

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