High-efficiency virtual cathode oscillator with photonic crystal

NS Frolov, SA Kurkin, AA Koronovskii… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We study the properties of microwave generation in a virtual cathode oscillator with a
photonic crystal composed of metal grids. Our simulation results show the high efficiency of …

Microwave radiation power of relativistic electron beam with virtual cathode in the external magnetic field

SA Kurkin, AE Hramov, AA Koronovskii - Applied physics letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The study of the output power of the electromagnetic radiation of the relativistic electron
beam (REB) with virtual cathode in the presence of external magnetic field has been found …

Beam-plasma instability in charged plasma in the absence of ions

AE Dubinov, AG Petrik, SA Kurkin, NS Frolov… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the possibility of the beam-plasma instability development in the system with
electron beam interacting with the single-component hot electron plasma without ions. As …

The development and interaction of instabilities in intense relativistic electron beams

SA Kurkin, AA Badarin, AA Koronovskii… - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the physical mechanisms of development, coexistence and interaction of
Pierce-Bursian and diocotron instabilities in the non-neutral relativistic electron beam (REB) …

Higher harmonics generation in relativistic electron beam with virtual cathode

SA Kurkin, AA Badarin, AA Koronovskii… - Physics of Plasmas, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The study of the microwave generation regimes with intense higher harmonics taking place
in a high-power vircator consisting of a relativistic electron beam with a virtual cathode has …

Virpertron: A novel approach for a virtual cathode oscillator design

AE Dubinov, AG Petrik, SA Kurkin, NS Frolov… - Physics of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we propose a novel approach for the design of a virtual cathode oscillator. As a
new concept, we suggest a microwave system containing an annular relativistic electron …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of an external signal on output microwave power of a low-voltage vircator

NS Phrolov, AA Koronovskii, YA Kalinin, SA Kurkin… - Physics Letters A, 2014 - Elsevier
This Letter is devoted to results of the both experimental and theoretical studies of
electromagnetic radiation output power gain in the low-voltage microwave generator with a …

High-power microwave amplifier based on overcritical relativistic electron beam without external magnetic field

SA Kurkin, NS Frolov, AO Rak, AA Koronovskii… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The high-power scheme for the amplification of powerful microwave signals based on the
overcritical electron beam with a virtual cathode (virtual cathode amplifier) has been …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation mechanisms in intense electron beam with virtual cathode

NS Frolov, SA Kurkin, AA Koronovskii, AE Hramov - Physics Letters A, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper we report on the results of investigations of nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation
mechanisms in intense electron beam with virtual cathode in micrometer-scaled source of …

Control of virtual cathode dynamics under collective acceleration of protons in a Luce diode

VA Ryzhkov, IN Pyatkov, GE Remnev - Nuclear Instruments and Methods …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dynamics of propagation of the virtual cathode (VC) during the collective acceleration of
protons in the Luce diode has been measured by observing prompt signals of electron …