Recent advances in multipactor physics and mitigation

A Iqbal, DQ Wen, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - High Voltage, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress made in the prediction, characterisation, and mitigation of multipactor
discharge is reviewed for single‐and two‐surface geometries. First, an overview of basic …

[HTML][HTML] Space–charge limited current in nanodiodes: Ballistic, collisional, and dynamical effects

P Zhang, YS Ang, AL Garner, Á Valfells… - Journal of Applied …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
a) Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: pz@ egr. msu. edu;
yeesin_ang@ sutd. edu. sg; algarner@ purdue. edu; av@ ru. is; john. luginsland …

Review of recent theories and experiments for improving high-power microwave window breakdown thresholds

C Chang, G Liu, C Tang, C Chen, J Fang - Physics of Plasmas, 2011‏ - pubs.aip.org
Dielectric window breakdown is a serious challenge in high-power microwave (HPM)
transmission and radiation. Breakdown at the vacuum/dielectric interface is triggered by …

Time-dependent physics of a single-surface multipactor discharge

HC Kim, JP Verboncoeur - Physics of plasmas, 2005‏ - pubs.aip.org
The time-dependent physics of the single-surface multipactor is investigated by using both
particle-in-cell (PIC) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. An oscillation of the normal surface …

Observation of multipactor in an alumina-based dielectric-loaded accelerating structure

JG Power, W Gai, SH Gold, AK Kinkead, R Konecny… - Physical review …, 2004‏ - APS
We report a new regime of single-surface multipactor that was observed during high-power
testing of an 11.424-GHz alumina-based dielectric-loaded accelerating structure. Previous …

A review of recent studies on two-frequency RF field-induced single-surface multipactor discharge

A Iqbal, PY Wong, DQ Wen… - … on Plasma Science, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article briefly reviews the theory and modeling of single-surface multipactor discharge
on a dielectric, focusing on recent studies on two-frequency RF-field-induced multipactor. A …

[HTML][HTML] Multipactor susceptibility on a dielectric with two carrier frequencies

A Iqbal, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - Physics of Plasmas, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
This work investigates multipactor discharge on a single dielectric surface with two carrier
frequencies of an rf electric field. We use Monte Carlo simulations and analytical …

The effect of grooved surface on dielectric multipactor

C Chang, HJ Huang, GZ Liu, CH Chen, Q Hou… - Journal of Applied …, 2009‏ - pubs.aip.org
The effect of periodic rectangular grooves on vacuum multipactor has been theoretically and
experimentally investigated. Dynamic calculation is applied to research the electron …

Suppression of single-surface multipactor discharges due to non-sinusoidal transverse electric field

DQ Wen, A Iqbal, P Zhang, JP Verboncoeur - Physics of Plasmas, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
It is of importance to suppress single-surface multipactor discharges in high power
microwave devices. In this work, both particle-in-cell (PIC) and Monte-Carlo simulations …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal multiparticle Monte Carlo simulation of dual frequency single surface multipactor

A Iqbal, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - Physics of Plasmas, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
This work presents a multiparticle Monte Carlo simulation model in one dimension with
adaptive time steps to investigate the time dependent physics of the single dielectric surface …