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 …

Sub-THz and THz Cherenkov radiation source with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice and multistage depressed collector

AJ MacLachlan, L Zhang, IV Konoplev, ADR Phelps… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We present the theory, concept and design of an efficient, megawatt coherent Cherenkov
radiation source based on a two-dimensional periodic surface lattice (2D-PSL) cavity …

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 …

Influences of gas pressure and applied voltage on electron beam generated by triggered pseudospark discharge

S Shen, J Yan, G Sun, W Ding - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Used widely in microwave devices and material processing, triggered pseudospark
discharge can generate an electron beam, the adjustability of which is affected greatly by the …

Design and microfabrication of an interaction circuit for a 0.3-THz sheet beam extended interaction oscillator with multiple-mode operation

G Shu, J Lin, Z Huang, J Deng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Normally, the conventional sheet beam extended interaction oscillator (SB-EIO) operates in
a single mode and has a narrow tunable bandwidth. To broaden the tunable bandwidth, the …

Study on wideband THz backward wave oscillator driven by pseudospark-sourced sheet electron beam

J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Alfadhl, X Chen… - … on Electron Devices, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A backward wave oscillator (BWO) based on a double-staggered grating (DSG) slow wave
structure (SWS) is investigated as a high-power wideband terahertz (THz) source, driven by …

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 …

Study of a 0.3-THz extended interaction oscillator based on the pseudospark-sourced sheet electron beam

J Liao, G Shu, G Lin, J Lin, Q Li, J He… - … on Plasma Science, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Our previous experimental study of a 0.2-THz extended interaction oscillator (EIO) driven by
the pseudospark-sourced (PS) sheet electron beam has revealed one key issue: the …

Electrical characterization of plasma-assisted electron beam source with sub-mm sheet aperture

A Abhishek, N Kumar, BL Meena, S Jain… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the electrical characterization of a plasma-assisted electron beam source with
a sub-mm sheet aperture has been performed. The developed sheet electron beam source …

Influence of gas pressure and gas type on pseudospark electron beam

T Shang, W Ding - Journal of Instrumentation, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Pseudospark discharge is a discharge that occurs in the left band of the Paschen curve.
According to previous studies, an electron beam will be generated in the initial stage of …