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Improved Design of a Multistage Axial Vircator With Reflectors for Enhanced Performances

Stéphanie Champeaux
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Philippe Gouard
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Richard Cousin
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The basic design of an axial virtual cathode oscillator (vircator) with axial extraction operating in TM01 mode is modified by introducing thin conducting disks, also called reflectors, into the cylindrical waveguide. The operation principal of this novel type of device relies on the formation of a series of virtual cathodes, located at the center of adjacent quasi-cavities. The behavior of this new type of multistage vircator is numerically investigated using CST Particle Studio 3-D particle-in-cell code. Progressively decreasing the radii of the reflectors installed upstream in the tube allows the mitigation of spurious modes. Tapering the radii of the reflectors turns out to be crucial in focusing the electron beam on axis in the downstream region and maximizing the TM01 power conversion efficiency. This novel architecture enables a five-reflector vircator operating with an injected electron beam of 508-kV mean voltage and 19-kA mean current to deliver up to 2-GW mean power sustained only by the TM01 mode in the S-band with a power conversion efficiency close to 21%.
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hal-01551655 , version 1 (30-06-2017)

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Stéphanie Champeaux, Philippe Gouard, Richard Cousin, Jean Larour. Improved Design of a Multistage Axial Vircator With Reflectors for Enhanced Performances. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2016, 44 (1), pp.31-38. ⟨10.1109/TPS.2015.2502432⟩. ⟨hal-01551655⟩
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