Simulations of a two-stream backward-wave oscillator with a slot-hole structure  

作　　者：Shi Zong-Jun Tang Xiao-Pin Yang Zi-Qiang Lan Feng Liang Zheng 史宗君;唐效频;杨梓强;兰峰;梁正(Terahertz Research Centre,School of Physical Electronics,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Chengdu 610054,China)

机构地区：[1]Terahertz Research Centre,School of Physical Electronics,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,Chengdu 610054,China

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2012年第1期518-523,共6页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11075032 and 10975031)

摘　　要：We study a two-stream backward-wave oscillator with a slot-hole structure at short millimeter waves with the help of a three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. In order to increase the interaction region of the electron beam, the efficiency and the output power, a slot-hole loaded rectangular waveguide structure used as the high-frequency system is proposed. Based on the mechanism of the backward-wave oscillator, a slow-wave oscillator with a frequency of 0.14 THz is designed. The simulations show that the output power and the efficiency of the oscillator can be enhanced due to the coupling between the two beams through the slot holes. The interaction efficiency is 5.18%, and the starting current density is below 5 A. cm^-2 for the two beams. These attractive results indicate that, based on the two-stream backward-wave oscillator, we can get short millimeter wave sources with high power and low current density.We study a two-stream backward-wave oscillator with a slot-hole structure at short millimeter waves with the help of a three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. In order to increase the interaction region of the electron beam, the efficiency and the output power, a slot-hole loaded rectangular waveguide structure used as the high-frequency system is proposed. Based on the mechanism of the backward-wave oscillator, a slow-wave oscillator with a frequency of 0.14 THz is designed. The simulations show that the output power and the efficiency of the oscillator can be enhanced due to the coupling between the two beams through the slot holes. The interaction efficiency is 5.18%, and the starting current density is below 5 A. cm^-2 for the two beams. These attractive results indicate that, based on the two-stream backward-wave oscillator, we can get short millimeter wave sources with high power and low current density.

关 键 词：slot-hole structure short millimeter wave two-stream backward-wave oscillator 

分 类 号：TN752[电子电信—电路与系统]