1. Study of ring-shaped cathodes for a high power microwave device without guiding magnetic field.
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Guo, Liming, Shu, Ting, Li, Zhiqiang, Ju, Jinchuan, Li, Ankun, Fan, Yuwei, Gao, Jingming, and Yan, Longbo
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RELATIVISTIC electron beam tubes , *MAGNETIC fields , *ELECTRON tubes , *CATHODES , *MICROWAVE devices - Abstract
The generation of annular relativistic electron beams (AREBs) with a good uniformity and longitudinal consistency needs intensive investigations, especially when no guiding magnetic field is supplied. Without a guiding magnetic field, ring-shaped cathodes with a width of several millimeters were utilized to generate AREB instead of knife-edged cathodes because of the space-charge force. Results of the fast framing optical photograph experiments and high power microwave (HPM) experiments show that the quarter-circular shielding electrode can improve the uniformity of the AREB obviously, and the carbon fiber cathode is validated to be an appropriate choice, which showed better emission characteristics and better performance in generating HPM than the graphite cathode and the polymer velvet cathode. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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