A semi-implicit electromagnetic FEM-PIC scheme with exact energy and charge conservation

MC Pinto, V Pagès - Journal of Computational Physics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This article presents a new charge-and energy-conserving semi-implicit method (ChECSIM)
for the Vlasov-Maxwell system. The Particle-in-Cell space discretization involves a structure …

A computationally efficient two-dimensional model of the beam–wave interaction in a coupled-cavity TWT

AN Vlasov, TM Antonsen… - … on plasma science, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new computationally efficient 2-D model of the beam-wave interaction in coupled-cavity
traveling-wave tubes (CC-TWTs) has been developed. The model provides self-consistent …

High-power four-cavity S-band multiple-beam klystron design

KT Nguyen, DK Abe, DE Pershing… - IEEE transactions on …, 2004‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We develop a methodology for the design of multiple-cavity klystron interaction circuits. We
demonstrate our approach with the detailed design of a collector and a four-cavity circuit for …

[HTML][HTML] New high-efficiency resonant O-type devices as the promising sources of microwave power

A Baikov, O Baikova - Energies, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
New O-type high-power vacuum resonant microwave devices are considered in this study:
COM klystrons, CSM klystrons and resotrodes. All these devices can output a large amount …

Advances in the theory and modeling of linear beam VE amplifiers

TM Antonsen, IA Chernyavskiy… - … on Electron Devices, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an overview of the progress made by our Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)-
based group over the last 25 years in the development of computational tools used in the …

High efficiency, low cost, RF sources for accelerators and colliders

RL Ives, M Read, T Bui, D Marsden… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Accelerators for High Energy Physics (HEP) are large users of energy, much of it in
the form of radiofrequency (RF) power to accelerate particles to very high energies …

Simulation of klystrons with slow and reflected electrons using large-signal code TESLA

IA Chernyavskiy, AN Vlasov… - IEEE transactions on …, 2007‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of modeling slow and reflected electrons that appear during operation of high-
power klystrons is discussed. These electrons are not only problematic for the operation of …

Parallel simulation of independent beam-tunnels in multiple-beam klystrons using TESLA

IA Chernyavskiy, SJ Cooke, AN Vlasov… - … on Plasma Science, 2008‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an extension of the klystron simulation code TESLA to model multiple-beam
klystrons (MBKs) in which interaction parameters may vary significantly from beam-tunnel to …

Experimental study and analysis of an S-band multiple-beam klystron with 6% bandwidth

DK Abe, DE Pershing, KT Nguyen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present experimental results and analyses of an eight-beam five-cavity multiple-beam
klystron (MBK) operating at a center frequency of ∼ 3.2 GHz. The device met its …

From 2.5-D to 1.5-D: Fast, Reduced-Order Simulations With the TESLA-Family of Large-Signal Codes

IA Chernyavskiy - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents the introduction of the reduced-order, 1.5-D versions of the TESLA-
family of 2.5-D large-signal codes, which have been implemented by simplifications in the …