High power millimeter-wave TE03 to TM11 mode converters

Transmission of power from 42 ± 0.2 GHz gyrotron (TE₀₃ mode) to tokamak or dummy load requires a set of transmission line components. It includes a set of mode converters that converts circularly unpolarised TE₀₃ mode to polarised HE₁₁ mode. The mode conversion sequence is methodised in two steps; first from TE₀₃ to TE₀₁ mode and then from TE₀₁ to TM₁₁ mode. The proposed mode converters performance depends on the parameters such as waveguide radius, beat wavelength, number of ripples, its perturbation amplitude (η) and bending angle. These parameters are numerically optimised and verified in CST microwave studio. TE₀₃ to TE₀₁ mode conversion is realised by the generation of intermediate mode TE₀₂. The mode conversion length for TE₀₃ to TE₀₂ mode converter is6λ₀, (where λ_b is the beat wavelength of corresponding mode conversion) which converts 99.15% of an incident circular TE₀₃ mode power into TE₀₂ mode power. Next, mode converter converts TE₀₂ mode into TE₀₁ mode with 99.06% efficiency along the optimal length of6λ_b. For TE₀₁ to TM₁₁ mode conversion, two conversion methodologies have been proposed: first using axis arc bend (34.94°) technique to convert TE₀₁ into its analogous degenerate mode with 99.01% conversion efficiency and second using parabolic curve with 90° bend, which gives a conversion efficiency of 97.5%.     

Experimental Study of a Slot Antenna Excited by a TE011 Mode Coaxial Cavity

A slot antenna is developed to excite the high harmonic waveguide mode for generating large-area plasmas. This antenna consists of a TE₀₁₁ mode coaxial cavity with the axial slots positioned on equal interval on the inner wall. The waves radiated from those slots can excite the high harmonic mode in the central area. With the azimuthal symmetric wave field of the TE₀₁₁ mode, the number of the slots can be chosen to match the field pattern of the high harmonic mode. In this report, the dispersion relation of the coaxial waveguide, the coupling scheme and the mode competition of the cavity are studied. A method has been successfully developed to suppress the TE₁₂₁ mode which is the most competing mode to the TE₀₁₁ mode.     

高功率多注速调管TM310模圆柱形谐振腔杂模抑制方法

该文针对TM₃₁₀模(主模)圆柱形谐振腔提出了一种新的杂模抑制方法。为抑制与主模相邻的低次杂模TM₀₂₀,采用在谐振腔中放置接收振子天线的方法,并推导了放入接收振子天线后,模式频率变化量的表达式。由此发现：模式频率变化量仅依赖于该模式在接收振子天线处的电场强度,而与其磁场无关;通过适当调整接收振子的位置,可使主模和TM₀₂₀ 模具有不同的频率变化量,从而能增大模式之间的频率间隔,避免TM₀₂₀ 模对主模的干扰。另外,为抑制与主模相邻的杂模TM⁺₃₁₀,采用了在谐振腔中放置短路杆阵的方法。利用CST-MWS软件对X波段此类谐振腔进行了模拟计算,验证了该方法的有效性。     

回旋速调管TE01-HE11模式变换器

根据耦合波理论,编制了优化计算程序,优化了30.5GHz TE01-TE11模式变换器的几何结构,得到了其可实现最高模式变换效率的几何参量.用仿真软件优化设计了同一工作频率的TE11-HE11模式变换器.结果表明这两个模式变换器组成的TE01 -HE11复合模式变换器在30.5GHz和1％带宽内具有97.0％以上的TE...     

High-power Mode Converter of Overmoded Bent Circular Waveguide

Based on the mode coupling theory, a TE₀₁—TM₁₁ mode converter was designed and optimal results were obtained. In this paper, bandwidth of mode converter with axis exponential structure is the largest, and mode converter with axis sinusoidal structure is the most compact in the case of the center frequency is 28GHz and the waveguide radius is 16mm. If the bending angle between input port and output port of mode converter was demanded for 90°, mode converter with axis parabola structure had the characteristics of compact structure, higher mode purity and larger relative bandwidth. Meanwhile, we found that the converter could be also used as TE₁₁ mode transition with transmission efficiency above 99%. But due to bending angle of this structure was restricted, its center frequency and waveguide radius had the obvious corresponding relation.     

A Four-Quadrant Operation Diagram for Thermoelectric Modules in Heating–Cooling Mode and Generating Mode

The operation of a thermoelectric module in heating–cooling mode, generating mode, and regenerating mode can be discussed in terms of power, cooling load, and current. A direct current machine in motoring mode and generating mode and an induction motor in motoring mode and regenerating mode are analogous to thermoelectric modules. Therefore, the first objective of this work is to present the four-quadrant (4-Q) operation diagram and the 4-Q equivalent circuits of thermoelectric modules in heating–cooling mode and generating mode. The second objective is to present the cooling and regenerating curves of a thermoelectric module in cooling mode and regenerating mode. The curves are composed from the cooling powers and the generating powers, the input and output current, the thermal resistance of the heat exchanger, and the different temperatures that exist between the hot and cold sides of the thermoelectric module. The methodology used to present the data involved drawing analogies between the mechanical system, the electrical system, and the thermal system; an experimental setup was also used. The experimental setup was built to test a thermoelectric module (TE₂) in cooling mode and regenerating mode under conditions in which it was necessary to control the different temperatures on the hot and cold sides of TE₂. Two thermoelectric modules were used to control the temperature. The cold side was controlled by a thermoelectric module labeled TE₁, whereas the hot side was controlled by a second thermoelectric module labeled TE₃. The results include the power, the cooling load, and the current of the thermoelectric module, which are analogous to the torque, the power, the speed, and the slip speed of a direct current machine and an induction motor. This 4-Q operation diagram, the 4-Q equivalent circuits, and the cooling and regenerating curves of the thermoelectric module can be used to analyze the bidirectional current and to select appropriate operating conditions in the cooling and regenerating modes.     

太赫兹宽带Denisov型准光模式变换器的设计分析

研究并设计了一种具有宽频带工作能力的太赫兹准光模式变换器。该准光模式变换器采用具有高效率特性的Denisov 辐射器,工作在TE_6,2模式,用于实现回旋管内的模式变换。由于Denisov 辐射器的参数是影响准光模式变换器宽带性能的主要因素,因此通过对辐射器参数的优化设计,达到增大模式变换器带宽的效果。使用自主开发的准光学模拟程序进行仿真,模式变换器中心频率为94 GHz,带宽达2 GHz。     

Experimental study of a high efficiency quasi-optical mode converter for whispering gallery mode gyrotrons

A mode converter for whispering gallery mode gyrotrons has been designed and experimentally demonstrated. Experiments were performed on a megawatt power level, 3μs pulsed gyrotron operating in the TE_16,2,1 whispering gallery mode at 146 GHz. The gyrotron cavity employs a non-linear uptaper to minimize radial mode conversion. About 99% of the output power is in the TE_16,2 mode. The quasi-optical converter consists of a helically cut Vlasov-type waveguide launcher and a reflector. The doubly curved reflector, designed using geometric optics and vector diffraction theory, was built to focus the full radiation pattern to a small, gaussian-like focal spot. Of the power incident in the TE_16,2 mode, 96% is directed by the launcher and reflector to a gaussian-like focal spot in the far field. Small fractions of other modes were found to form distinct focal spots in the far field. Analysis of the power in the other focal spots allows for a good quantitative measurement of gyrotron output mode content, potentially on a single shot basis.     

A switch‐controlled multimode narrowband receiver RF front‐end

This work illustrates a flexible and convenient method to build a multimode narrowband receiver RF front‐end by means of controlled switches, switched capacitors, and switched inductors. The front‐end comprises a dual‐gain‐mode narrowband low‐noise amplifier (LNA) and a dual‐linearity‐mode mixer. A four‐mode receiver RF front‐end constructed with the dual‐gain‐mode LNA and the dual‐linearity‐mode mixer operating in frequency band range from 1800 to 2050 MHz was demonstrated with an IBM 90‐nm CMOS process. The front‐end achieves a 1/1.6 dB noise figure, 30/20 dB power gain, and 16/?10 dBm third‐order input intercept point while draws a 5.9/3.6 mA current from a 1.8‐V supply voltage at the low noise mode and high linearity mode, respectively. The proposed technique can be employed to build an intelligent mobile system.     

双曲余弦高斯光束的模相关和模结构分析

基于二阶矩方法和正交模系展开法,推导出双曲余弦高斯光束的光束传输M2因子和模相干系数的解析表达式,从而可对双曲余弦高斯光束的模相关和模结构进行分析。提出了一种在实验室中产生双曲余弦高斯光束的简单方法。     

Memory modes of ferroelectric field effect transistors

Effects of traps on the memory characteristics of ferroelectric field effect transistors with the metat-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor structure were theoretically analyzed. Various modes of operation, i.e. the polarization-limited mode, trap-limited mode, critical field-limited mode, MNOS mode and probability-limited mode, were derived depending on the device parameters. Experimental devices with gate insulator BaTiO₃ or PLZT were fabricated by using thin film SnO₂ and thin film Te. The memory characteristics of these devices were interpreted in terms of the trap-limited mode and MNOS mode, respectively.     

Ka波段TE_（01）模回旋速调管带新型渐变段输出腔设计

利用正余弦拟合的方法和半径渐变波导的耦合波理论,设计出一种Ka波段TE01模回旋速调管带该新型渐变段输出腔。通过Matlab数值计算和HFSS仿真优化,研究了该新型渐变段的传输参数、反射参数、对杂模的抑制等性能指标。仿真结果表明：在渐变段长度为80mm、口径由14mm变化到32mm的情况下,在33～35GHz的范围内该新型渐变的传输参数大于-0.016dB,反射参数小于-55dB,对TE02模的耦合为-25dB和对TE03模抑制在-55dB以下;而该输出腔的中心频率为34.075GHz,Q值为109.6,工作模式TE01模式的模式纯度大于0.94。     

C-band fundamental/first-order mode converter based on multimode interference coupler on InP substrate

The design, fabrication and characterization of a fundamental/first-order mode converter based on multimode interference coupler on InP substrate were reported. Detailed optimization of the device parameters were investigated using 3D beam propagation method. In the experiments, the fabricated mode converter realized mode conversion from the fundamental mode to the first-order mode in the wavelength range of 1530-1565 nm with excess loss less than 3 dB. Moreover, LP₀₁ and LP₁₁ fiber modes were successfully excited from a few-mode fiber by using the device. This InP-based mode converter can be a possible candidate for integrated transceivers for future mode-division multiplexing system.     

An 18-μA standby current 1.8-V, 200-MHz microprocessor withself-substrate-biased data-retention mode

A low-standby-current 1.8-V, 200-MHz microprocessor has been fabricated with a 0.2-μm, five-metal, dual-oxide-thickness, CMOS technology and two power down modes (i.e., a standby mode and a data-retention mode). The microprocessor uses a switched substrate-impedance scheme to bias substrates in the standby mode while maintaining a 200-MHz operating speed. Data-retention capability during the standby mode is also maintained. This mode achieves 46.5-μA standby current. The microprocessor also offers a battery-backup capability in a self-substrate-biased data-retention mode. This makes it possible to apply a deep substrate bias without increasing the gate-induced drain leakage current or p-n junction current. The current consumption is only 17.8 μA when operating off a 1-V supply in the data-retention mode     

High-power millimetre-wave mode converters in overmoded circular waveguides using periodic wall perturbations

This work reports on measurements and calculations (coupled mode equations) on the conversion of circular electric TE_0n gyrotron mode compositions (TE₀₁ to TE₀₄) at 28 and 70 GHz to the linearly polarized TE₁₁ mode by means of mode converter systems using periodic waveguide wall perturbations. Mode transducers with axisymmetric radius perturbations transform the TE_0n gyrotron mode mixture to the more convenient TE₀₁ mode for long-distance transmission through overmoded waveguides. Proper matching of the phase differences between the TE_0n modes and of lengths and perturbation amplitudes of the several converter sections is required. A mode converter with constant diameter and periodically perturbed curvature transfers the unpolarized TE₀₁ mode into the TE₁₁ mode which produces an almost linearly polarized millimetre-wave beam needed for efficient electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) of plasmas in thermonuclear fusion devices. The experimentally determined TE_0n -to-TE₀₁ conversion efficiency is (98 ± 1)% at 28 and 70 GHz (99% predicted) while the TE₀₁-to-TE,, converter has a (96 ± 2)% conversion efficiency at 28 GHz (95% predicted) and (94 ± 2)% at 70 GHz (93% predicted) with ohmic losses included in each case. This paper also presents theoretical and experimental results on the two-step TE₁₆-to-TE₁₂-to-TE₁₁ mode conversion at 28 GHz by means of two periodically rippled-wall mode converters. The conversion efficiencies achieved are almost 92% and 95%, respectively. Similar converters might be used for transformation of the output modes of future high-frequency TE_1n gyromonotrons or 10 GHz gyro-klystron amplifiers into the TE₁₁ mode, which in turn can then be transformed by circumferentially corrugated or dielectrically coated mode transducers into the perfectly linearly polarized quasi-optical HE₁₁ hybrid mode. The efficiency of periodically modulated wall mode-converters can be considerably improved by proper re-matching of the phase difference between the two converted modes within the converter.     

Generation of picosecond vortex beam in a self-mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser

In this paper, a self-mode-locked Nd:YVO4 picosecond vortex laser is demonstrated, which can operate on the different Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes at 1 064 nm. A π/2 mode converter is utilized to realize the picosecond vortex laser with LG mode transformed from the high-order Hermite-Gaussian (HG) mode. For the proposed laser, the mode-locked pulse repetition rate is 1.81 GHz. The average output powers of LG12 mode and LG02 mode are 1.241 W and 1.27 W, respectively, and their slope efficiencies are 23.2% and 24%, respectively. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61108021), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 2013JBM091 and S16JB00010). E-mail:pengjiying@163.com      

Design of mode converters for generating the TE11 mode from TM01 vircator at 4GHz

This work reports on measurements and calculations (coupled mode equations) on the conversion of transverse magnetic TM₀₁ vircator mode at 4 GHz to the linearly polarized TE₁₁ mode by means of mode converter systems using a circular waveguide with curvature. The mode converter is composed of a 38.78° bend with 39.07 cm curvature and a 50.78° inverse bend with 25.24 cm curvature in 9 cm internal diameter (ID) circular waveguide. The efficiency of conversion from TM₀₁ to TE₁₁ at 4 GHz exceeds 99%, and the overall efficiency from TM₀₁ to TE₁₁ exceeds 90% over a calculated range of 3.72–4.8 GHz.     

多注速调管TM410 模同轴输出腔的研究

研究了多注速调管TM₄₁₀ 模同轴输出腔中出现的外观品质因数高,模式频率间隔小以及工作模式场分布的均匀性差等问题,提出了一种设置短路杆和金属环的输出腔结构,从而改善了TM₄₁₀ 模输出腔上述三个方面的性能。通过分析发现,适当设置短路杆和重入环不仅可以使外观品质因数降低,还可以改善工作模式的场分布;设置重入环还可以增大工作模式和邻近模式的频率间隔。利用CST-MWS 软件,对X 波段具有短路杆和金属环的多注速调管TM₄₁₀模同轴输出腔进行了模拟计算,其工作模式（TM₄₁₀模）的外观品质因数降低了42.7%（从540.4 降至309.6）,TM₄₁₀ 模与邻近模式的频率间隔均达到了1.3 GHz 以上,工作模式的场分布也变得均匀。     

Leaky mode propagation in planar multilayer birefringentwaveguides: longitudinal dielectric tensor configuration

In this paper we examine leaky mode propagation in a general five-layered c-rotated optical structure with longitudinal dielectric tenser configuration that can be considered a useful pattern for many actual waveguides. The dependence of the leaky mode propagation on the longitudinal angle φ (between the optical c-axis and laboratory axis) is shown and the dispersion characteristics for different types and thicknesses of buffer and metal layer are reported. The guided mode losses at the wavelength λ=0.633 μm assume the lowest values (about 1 dB/cm) for an Ag layer and for φ=0°. Furthermore, we investigate the variation in the propagation characteristics of the leaky and guided modes with respect to the source wavelength. We obtain the transition wavelength from (G) guided modes to lowest order (L¹ ) leaky mode, having the ordinary component that leaks into the substrate; the transition wavelength to a higher order (L²) leaky mode, which has both ordinary and extraordinary leaky components and the leaky cutoff wavelength. As an example, for φ=10° and an Ag metal layer, the first-order G₁₁ mode transforms from guided to leaky L₁₁¹ at λ_gl≃0.9 μm. The losses exhibit a change of several dB near the wavelength transition from guided to leaky mode (e.g. The attenuation constant of the G₁₁ mode changes from 0.26×10² dB/cm at λ=0.633 μm to 0.18×10 ⁵ dB/cm at λ=0.95 μm where its ordinary component is a leaky one). A similar change is found near the transition wavelength from a lowest-order mode to the highest-order leaky mode     

开槽深度和坡度对高频高阶模带宽和中心频移的影响

为对构建太赫兹频率下高阶单模工作的同轴布喇格谐振腔提供理论依据,基于模式耦合理论,比较研究了不同开槽深度和不同开槽坡度形状及坡度角对工作在太赫兹频率高频高阶耦合模式下工作模式和竞争模式带宽、中心频率偏移特性的影响. 结果表明:工作模式和竞争模式的带宽随着开槽深度的加深都变宽,但中心谐振频率点几乎没有偏移,槽深加深,带隙重叠现象会恶化,不利于模式选择;正圆锥形坡度方式时随着坡度角的增加,工作模式的中心频率点没有发生偏移,竞争模式中心频率点靠近工作模式中心频率点,不利于带隙重叠现象的抑制;倒圆锥形坡度方式时,随着坡度角的增大,竞争模式的中心频率点远离工作模式中心频率点,很好地抑制了带隙重叠;正圆锥形坡度和倒圆锥形坡度对带宽的影响都不大. 这些特性有利于拓展同轴布喇格结构作为反射器和滤波器的性能.