Characteristics of Bifilar Helix Circuit

The characteristics of two kinds of bifilar helix circuit are discussed in this paper. One is alike wound bifilar helix and another is contrawound bifilar helix. Alike wound bifilar helix is often used in O-type backward wave tube (BWO). Owing to wider operating bandwidth, higher interaction impedance and large dimensions, the contrawound helix is suitable for broadband millimeter wave traveling wave tube (MMW TWT).     

A high-power wideband traveling-wave tube with stepwise changes in the diameter of the drift channel

Results of the design of a high-power wideband (in the band 8–18 GHz) traveling-wave tube (TWT) with stepwise changes in the diameter of the drift channel are presented. The TWT is stable against self-excitation by a backward wave at high values of the accelerating voltage. It is shown that the output section of the device can be increased by a factor of 1.5 and the operating current can be raised by a factor of 1.3. These increases are attained owing to the 1.27-GHz diversity of the π-type frequencies of sections with different values of the channel diameter and owing to growth of the starting current corresponding to self-excitation by the backward wave. Application of the TWT with the interaction space that has steps of the channel diameter improved the electron efficiency by a factor of 1.2 and increased the output power by a factor of 1.6.     

Axial mode helical antennas

The radiation characteristics of helical antennas operating in the axial mode are evaluated on the basis of the theoretical current distributions and are verified by experimental work. A comparison between monofilar helix and bifilar helix antennas is made, and a helical antenna with a parasitic helix (HAP) is proposed in order to enhance the power gain. It is found that the gain of the HAP in which the parasitic helix is wound from a point diametrically opposite to that of one and one-half turns of the driven helix is about 1 dB higher than that of the monofilar helix. The ratio of the frequency band in which the HAP radiates a circularly polarized wave within an axial ratio of 3 dB is calculated to be 1:1.8.     

Design of a tapered helix for suppressing backward wave oscillations in MMW TWT’s

Backward wave oscillations are easy occurred in high power helix millimeter wave traveling wave tubes (MMW TWT’s), owing to larger ka value and higher operating voltage. The start current of backward wave is calculated for helix TWT in Ka band. It is shown that start current will increase by used a tapered helix. Backward wave oscillations can be suppressed in tube. The design method of the tapered helix is given in this paper.     

Wave propagation on multifilar helices

The modes of the sheath helix are shown to be related closely to the space harmonics of real helices. Multiwire helices propagate many modes, the principal space-harmonic component of each approaching more closely the appropriate sheath helix mode as the number of wires is increased. Each mode can be excited by a certain phase sequence of exciting currents for the wires in one transverse plane. Experimental verification of the theory is reported using a bifilar helix tube. Phase velocities and impedances are measured, using Kompfner's null method and the start of backward-wave oscillations for the principal forward and backward components respectively.     

Suppression of self-excitation of a backward-wave traveling-wave tube by decreasing the diameter and the pitch of the slow-wave structure toward the energy output

Mathematical expressions showing that the optimum way of suppressing the self-excitation of a backward-wave traveling-wave tube is to decrease the diameter and pitch of the slow-wave structure toward the energy output are obtained. The conditions for the values of the diameter and pitch before and after the decrease are found under which the phase velocities of the minus first spatial harmonic (backward wave) are maximally different, which ensures the maximum suppression of self-excitation, and phase velocities of the zero harmonic are optimal for obtaining the maximum efficiency.     

An investigation of the magnetic transverse waves on an electron beam

An electron beam in the presence of an axial magnetic field supports four transverse waves; two cyclotron waves, and two synchronous waves. A general coupling theory is developed from an electronic equation and a circuit equation to describe how these waves can be coupled to traveling-wave circuits. The polarization and power flow characteristics of the waves are derived. The theory is applied to. the bifilar helix, a circuit which can couple selectively to each of the four modes. A bifilar helix traveling-wave tube was used to investigate experimentally the four beam modes and provide a quantitative check of the coupling theory.     

Estimation of RF Parameters for Millimeter Wave Ring-Bar TWTS

In millimeter wave band, interaction impedance and efficiency of the ring-bar circuit are higher than helix. Ring-bar traveling wave tubes (TWTs) do not easy yield backward wave oscillation at high operating voltages. Thus ring-bar TWTs can reach higher power lever. On basic of computation of dispersion and interaction impedance, a fast estimation models of RF parameters for MMW ring-bar TWTs are given in this paper. It is available in designing tube to reduce developing period.     

双线背射螺旋作馈源的新式背射天线

本文提出一种用双线背射螺旋作馈源的新式背射天线。这种天线具有结构简单，馈电方便，增益较高，易于产生圆极化波等优点。     

Effects of electron prebunching on the radiation growth rate of acollective (Raman) free-electron laser amplifier

Experiments are reported on the effects of electron prebunching in a mildly relativistic, low-current (200-KV, 1-A) free-electron laser amplifier operating in the collective (Raman) regime at a frequency of ~10 GHz. Prebunching is established by injecting an electromagnetic wave into a bifilar helical wiggler and then transporting the bunched beam into a second magnetic wiggler region. The wave growth rate is deduced from measurements of the radiation intensity as a function of interaction length. Observations show that prebunching can increase the radiation growth rate manyfold as compared with a system without prebunching. Studies are presented both in the small-signal (linear) regime, and in the nonlinear (saturated) regime     

A Fast Computation of the Start-Oscillation Current of Backward Wave in MMW HTWT's

Backward wave oscillation can be troublesome in high power helix TWT, especially millimeter wave helix traveling wave tubes (MMW HTWT's). To suppress these oscillations, start-oscillation current of backward wave has to know when MMW HTWT's are designed. A fast computation of the start-oscillation current for MMW HTWT's is presented. It is shown that the computed values are agreed with the experimental results in Ka band.     

360 GHz返波管的研究

对采用齿状光栅结构的慢波电路进行了研究,该结构在电子束与光栅表面接近的情况下有一定的通过率。在求得最大耦合阻抗条件下,设计了一种工作在360 GHz的返波管,通过对互作用电路的耦合阻抗的分析,可以减小亚毫米波及太赫兹真空电子学辐射源对阴极发射电流密度的要求。当工作电压为19.5 kV,工作电流75 mA时,PIC模拟结果得到了8 W的平均功率输出,考虑阴极为脉冲工作时,该器件在360 GHz可以得到4 mW的平均功率输出。     

Improvement in front-to-back ratio of a bifilar backfire helix by aflared open end

The current distribution of a bifilar helical antenna which radiates a circularly polarized wave in the backward endfire direction is decomposed into forward and reflected currents, and the contribution of each current to the radiation is evaluated numerically. Calculations show that the presence of the reflected current deteriorates the front-to-back (F/B) ratio of radiation. To reduce the reflected current and to improve the F/B ratio, flaring of the open end is proposed and investigated. The flared configuration leads to an improved F/B ratio, with an almost constant input impedance     

A method for reducing the second harmonic level in wideband traveling wave tubes

To reduce the second harmonic level and enhance the efficiency and stability against backward-wave self-excitation of wideband helical traveling-wave tubes containing a screen with longitudinally conducting edges, it is suggested that the gap between edge ends and a helix in the output section be gradually increased toward the energy output, the helix pitch being constant or slightly varied for optimizing the efficiency. It is shown that the increase in the gap reduces the second harmonic level and enhances the efficiency and the start current of backward-wave self-excitation.     

螺旋线行波管中场的数值分析

该文对螺旋线行波管中的场进行了数值分析。研究表明数值求解时主从边界条件的位置决定场传播的方向,螺旋线旋转方向决定场的旋转变化方向。螺旋线外各类夹持杆和翼片对螺旋线内部场分布影响很小,场基本随贝塞尔函数分布,但耦合阻抗变化较大,这主要是由于场受螺旋线外结构影响而影响功率分配。同时,对场的各次空间谐波的研究,特别是零次和负一次空间谐波,有利于准确地求解各次空间谐波的耦合阻抗,对提高螺旋线行波管放大器和返波振荡的大信号注波互作用计算的准确性有重要的意义。     

0.3T Ku波段返波管的低磁场特性研究

为了实现相对论返波管振荡器（RBWO）永磁包装,本文采用Magic模拟软件在0.5T低磁场相对论返波管（RBWO）器件结构基础上,通过在器件慢波结构末端添加一个部分反射腔,减小电子束质量对束波转换影响,即减小引导磁场的影响,实现了Ku波段相对论返波管振荡器0.3T磁场下运行.当电子束束压600kV、电子束束流7kA时,模拟得到器件输出微波功率740MW,效率18%.尽管该器件的效率低于0.5T磁场下的效率（25%）,然而0.3T引导磁场在工程上更容易实现.结合小型化的脉冲功率源进行实验研究,当二极管束压580kV、束流6.5kA,实验获得功率600MW,频率13.10GHz,脉宽25ns的微波输出,该器件的研制可以促进高功率微波（HPM）系统小型化的发展.     

Correction of the dispersion characteristic of a helix slow-wave structure in traveling-wave tubes

On the basis of a physical notions of the specific features of the slow-wave field distribution in the helix structure of a traveling-wave tube (TWT), various methods for controlling the amount of wave slowing and the slope of the dispersion characteristic are analyzed. The effect of the dielectric supports and correcting elements placed outside the helix is considered. In addition to the known methods for correcting dispersion through the use of a dielectric shield and longitudinally conducting elements, which weaken the interaction with the electron flow, new methods that provide both an efficient interaction with the electrons and the possibility of operation without backward-wave self-excitation at voltages higher than the voltages used with conventional helices are proposed and analyzed. With an analysis based on the equivalent-line method, it is shown that the slope of the helix dispersion characteristic can be decreased by the appropriate use of ring-shaped supports. Design solutions using the new methods of correction are considered. The history of development of ultrabroadband TWTs, including the work done in the Soviet Union on tubes with centrifugal electrostatic focusing, whose actual amplification band can be as wide as three octaves, is partially presented.     

一种宽带宽波束移动终端卫星通信天线

提出一种实用型宽带宽波束移动终端卫星通信天线。该天线采用双臂渐变螺旋以及锥形反射板的结构提高了常规双臂螺旋天线的性能。结合HFSS 软件与理论分析进行了天线结构参数设计,并进行了仿真和实验。仿真结果与测试结果吻合良好。该天线采用左旋圆极化方式,中心工作频率为1. 6GHz,工作频带150MHz,波束宽度大于110毅,且天线结构简单、牢固、易于加工,适合于各类小型移动卫星通信终端,以及高纬度地区的卫星通信。     

Dynamic defocusing of electron beams in high-power helical traveling-wave tubes with length-dependent dispersion

Dynamic defocusing in a wideband helical traveling-wave tube (TWT) with an output power of 1.5–2.0 kW in the continuous-operation mode is analyzed. The TWT contains fragments with normal and anomalous dispersion of the phase velocity. It is demonstrated that the TWT output characteristics can be improved and the TWT stability against self-excitation on the backward wave can be increased with the use of appropriate values of parameters of the electron-optical system that forms a converging axially symmetric beam focused by a periodic permanent-magnet focusing system.     

A three-dimensional multifrequency large signal model for helixtraveling wave tubes

A three-dimensional (3D) multifrequency large signal model of the beam wave interaction in a helix TWT is described. The beam is divided into a set of discrete rays, or “beamlets”, instead of the disks or rings used in one-dimensional (1-D) or two-dimensional (2-D) models. The RF fields supported by the helix are represented by a tape helix model that uses a modal expansion including the full (Bessel function) radial dependence of the fields; both forward and backward synchronous space harmonics are included in the model. RF space charge fields are obtained from solutions of the Helmholtz equations for the RF electric and RF magnetic fields, using the beam current and charge densities as sources. The dc space charge electric field is similarly obtained from a solution of Poisson's equation. This model has been implemented in a code called CHRISTINE 3D, a generalization of the one dimensional CHRISTINE code. The full three dimensional treatment permits the accurate computation of large signal gain and efficiency, taking into account the self-consistent variation of beam radius along the interaction space. The code also computes helix interception current and transverse beam distributions at the entrance to the collector-important design data that are unavailable from a 1D model. Results from the CHRISTINE 3D code are shown to compare very favorably with measurements of output power, efficiency, and interception current vs. drive power. Its predictions for spent beam distributions also compare very well with measurements. Run times for the code are problem dependent, but for a single case of interest are typically 1 to 5 min on a 450 MHz PC, orders of magnitude shorter than that required for a comparable 3D particle-in-cell simulation