Third-harmonic frequency multiplication of a two-stage tapered gyrotron TWT amplifier

Chan Wook Baik; Seok Gy Jeon; Dae Ho Kim; Nobuyuki Sato; Kuniyoshi Yokoo; Gun Sik Park

doi:10.1109/TED.2005.845861

Third-harmonic frequency multiplication of a two-stage tapered gyrotron TWT amplifier

Chan Wook Baik, Seok Gy Jeon, Dae Ho Kim, Nobuyuki Sato, Kuniyoshi Yokoo, Gun Sik Park

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Abstract

The frequency multiplication of a two-stage tapered gyrotron traveling wave tube amplifier is experimentally verified in low-voltage and low-current operation. By modulating an axis-encircling electron beam at the fundamental harmonic cyclotron frequency in the input stage, a frequency-tripled signal induced by the third-harmonic component of the modulated beam current is chosen to be extracted from the output stage. Both interaction stages are linearly tapered to improve stability and bandwidth. The third-harmonic frequency multiplication is predicted theoretically and investigated using a self-consistent large-signal theory and a particle-in-cell code simulation, which estimate a pure third-harmonic generation and a power-scaling law. In the experiment, X-band drive signals from 10.6-12 GHz are multiplied by a factor of three to produce Ka-band output frequencies from 31.8-36 GHz, showing reasonable agreement with theoretical predictions for a 30-kV, 160-mA axis-encircling electron beam.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	829-838
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume	52
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2005.845861
Publication status	Published - 2005 May

Keywords

Frequency multiplication
Gyrotron
Gyrotron traveling wave tube (gyro-TWT)
Harmonic frequency

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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