Transport of electron beams in periodic permanent-magnet focusing systems with nonharmonic distribution of the magnetic field

The results of the study of the transport of electron beams in periodic magnetic fields are presented for the case when the distribution of the magnetic field is essentially different from a sinusoidal distribution in different parts of the drift channel. An easy-to-implement nonharmonic distribution of the magnetic field is found. This distribution ensures a small ripple of the envelope of a high-intensity electron beam. The results of application of combined periodic permanent-magnet (PPM) focusing systems in high-powered pulse travelingwave tubes (TWT) are presented for the TWTs having a slow-wave structure that is superposed with the pole pieces of the PPM focusing systems.