Quasi-optical theory of relativistic Cherenkov oscillators and amplifiers with oversized electrodynamic structures

A Malkin, N Ginzburg, V Zaslavsky, I Zheleznov… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Using the quasi-optical approach, we investigate wave propagation along the periodically
corrugated surfaces and their interaction with rectilinear relativistic electron beams (REBs) …

A megawatt-level surface wave oscillator in Y-band with large oversized structure driven by annular relativistic electron beam

J Wang, G Wang, D Wang, S Li, P Zeng - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
High power vacuum electronic devices of millimeter wave to terahertz regime are attracting
extensive interests due to their potential applications in science and technologies. In this …

Generation of intense spatially coherent superradiant pulses in strongly oversized 2D periodical surface-wave structure

NS Ginzburg, VY Zaslavsky, AM Malkin… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We present the results of experiments on generation of high-power superradiant (SR) pulses
by an extended electron bunch moving in a cylindrical surface-wave structure with two …

Theoretical and experimental studies of relativistic oversized Ka-band surface-wave oscillator based on 2D periodical corrugated structure

NS Ginzburg, EV Ilyakov, IS Kulagin, AM Malkin… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2018 - APS
Based on a quasioptical approach and direct particle-in-cell simulations, we study dynamics
of oversized relativistic surface-wave oscillators (SWOs) of the Cherenkov type with 2D …

Sub-gigawatt W-band oversized Surface-Wave Oscillator with 2D-periodical slow-wave structure of cylindrical geometry

NY Peskov, VY Zaslavsky… - IEEE Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report of the implementation of a strongly oversized W-band surface-wave oscillator
(SWO) based on a 2D-periodical cylindrical slow-wave structure (2D SWS). In contrast to the …

Sub-THz and THz Cherenkov radiation source with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice and multistage depressed collector

AJ MacLachlan, L Zhang, IV Konoplev, ADR Phelps… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We present the theory, concept and design of an efficient, megawatt coherent Cherenkov
radiation source based on a two-dimensional periodic surface lattice (2D-PSL) cavity …

Surface flute waves in plasmas

V Girka, I Girka, M Thumm - Cham: Springer, 2014 - Springer
A comprehensive study of the properties of electromagnetic eigenwaves propagating
perpendicular to the axis of symmetry in various cylindrical waveguide-structures filled with …

Relativistic surface wave oscillator in Y-band with large oversized structures modulated by dual reflectors

S Li, J Wang, D Wang - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
To increase the generation efficiency of the terahertz wave in the Y band, the idea of dual-
reflector is introduced in the relativistic surface wave oscillator (SWO) with large oversized …

Efficient, 0.35-THz overmoded oscillator based on a two-dimensional periodic surface lattice

AJ MacLachlan, CW Robertson… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the theory, design, and numerical modeling of a cylindrical, two-dimensional
periodic surface lattice (2D-PSL) intended for use as the interaction region of an electron …

Experimental study on a high-power subterahertz source generated by an overmoded surface wave oscillator with fast startup

X Li, J Wang, J Sun, Z Song, H Ye… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental study on high-power subterahertz waves generated by an overmoded surface
wave oscillator (SWO) is carried out in this paper. With accurate fabrication and assembly …