Demonstration of a Planar -Band, kW-Level Extended Interaction Oscillator Based on a Pseudospark-Sourced Sheet Electron Beam

GX Shu, H Yin, L Zhang, JP Zhao, G Liu… - IEEE Electron …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A W-band extended interaction oscillator (EIO) driven by a pseudospark-sourced sheet
electron beam (PS-SEB) is demonstrated in this letter. The idea of combining the …

Pseudospark-sourced beam and its application in high-power millimeter-wave generation

L Zhang, H Yin, W He, X Chen, J Zhang, A Cross - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
A pseudospark (PS) discharge can generate an electron beam with a high current density.
The electron beam can be self-focused by an ion channel and transported over a long …

Pseudospark-driven high-current miniaturized voltage-tunable sheet-electron-beam source

N Kumar, A Abhishek, K Singhal… - … on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For high-power and compact sub-terahertz (THz) sources, a high-current electron beam is a
crucial component. In this article, a miniaturized sheet-electron-beam source has been …

A multigap multiaperture pseudospark switch and its performance analysis for high-voltage applications

UN Pal, RP Lamba, BL Meena… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the development and switching characterization of a coaxial three-gap
demountable multigap multiaperture pseudospark switch (MGMA-PSS) prototype is …

Study of a 0.35 THz extended interaction oscillator driven by a pseudospark-sourced sheet electron beam

J Xie, L Zhang, H Yin, W He… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact high-power extended interaction oscillator (EIO) driven by a pseudospark-
sourced (PS-sourced) sheet electron beam (SEB) is presented at 0.35 THz. It combines the …

A technique for planar integration of components of W-band backward-wave oscillator to eliminate misalignment

N Kumar, O Ranjan, A Abhishek… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The alignment within the required tolerance between components like electron beam
source, beam-wave interaction structure and spent beam collector is a major challenge in …

PIC simulation of pseudospark discharge-based plasma cathode electron source for the generation of high current density and energetic electron beam

AW Cross, K Ronald, UN Pal - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A plasma cathode electron (PCE) source using single-gap to multigap pseudospark
discharge (PD) for the generation of high density and energetic electron beams has been …

Investigations on high-current-density sheet-beam driven V-band slow wave oscillator with a hollow cathode

RA Torgashov, VN Titov, N Kumar… - … on Plasma Science, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the design approach for a-band miniaturized oscillator with a pseudospark-
based high-current-density sheet electron beam source is presented. The hollow cathode …

Pseudospark Discharge-Based Electron Beam Sources: A Review

M Sarkar, N Kumar - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pseudospark (PS) discharge-based electron beam sources are capable of generating high
current density, high energy, high emittance, and high brightness self-focused electron …

Design of multigap pseudospark discharge-based plasma cathode electron source at different configurations of electrode apertures

NK Sharma, UN Pal - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, design investigations have been performed for wide ranges and sequence of
electrode apertures (SEA) like, tapered conical-up or down, irregular/nonuniform and …