Effect of Space Charge on the Performance of Coaxial Cavity High Power Gyrotron
Manisha Kumari
Department of Basic Science, Shridhar University, Rajasthan, India
Mohini Dwivedi
Department of Basic Science, Shridhar University, Rajasthan, India
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Vol: 15, Issue: 3, 2025
Receiving Date:
2026-07-24
Acceptance Date:
2025-08-19
Publication Date:
2025-08-21
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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrst.v15i03.004
Abstract
A detail parametric study of space charge effect related to coaxial insert of 2 MW, 140 GHz coaxial gyrotron is discussed in this manuscript. Corrugation is done in the coaxial insert to minimize the Ohmic wall loading. The geometry of corrugated coaxial insert seriously affects the space charge effect in a gyrotron. Space charge effect is very critical especially for multi-megawatt high frequency gyrotrons. Considering all these facts, a detail parametric study of coaxial insert is performed for 140 GHz coaxial gyrotron in this article.
Keywords:
Coaxial; space charge effect; coaxial insert
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