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Preliminary experimental research of a Ka-band radial transit time oscillator
Jun Zhang1, Haitao Wang2, Fangchao Dang1
1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Radial transit time oscillator (RTTO) can be relied on to generate effective coherent electromagnetic radiation in the millimeter wave domain. In this paper, the preliminary experimental research on a Ka-band RTTO is reported for the first time. In experiments, the radial electron beam emitted from the knife edge of the disk cathode is guided by the radial magnetic field. The bombardment trace on the nylon target verifies the emission and transportation uniformity of the radial e-beam. When the diode voltage is 410 kV, the beam current is 7.8 kA, and the magnetic field is 0.6 T, the RTTO can output microwaves with the power of 320 MW and the frequency of 31.35 GHz. As the diode voltage increases from 350 kV to 430 kV, the output microwave power will grow accordingly. Taking the ohmic loss into consideration, the experimental results are in agreement with the simulation ones.
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