Recent advances in multipactor physics and mitigation

A Iqbal, DQ Wen, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - High Voltage, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent progress made in the prediction, characterisation, and mitigation of multipactor
discharge is reviewed for single‐and two‐surface geometries. First, an overview of basic …

Multi-level self-healing ability of shape memory polyurethane coating with microcapsules by induction heating

W Fan, Y Zhang, W Li, W Wang, X Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
A shape-memory polyurethane (SMPU) was designed and used in the field of self-healing
coating due to the capability to recover to its permanent shape in a predefined way. This …

First accelerator test of vacuum components with laser-engineered surfaces for electron-cloud mitigation

S Calatroni, E Garcia-Tabares Valdivieso… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2017 - APS
Electron cloud mitigation is an essential requirement for high-intensity proton circular
accelerators. Among other solutions, laser engineered surface structures (LESS) present the …

Modeling micro-porous surfaces for secondary electron emission control to suppress multipactor

JM Sattler, RA Coutu, R Lake, T Laurvick… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This work seeks to understand how the topography of a surface can be engineered to
control secondary electron emission (SEE) for multipactor suppression. Two unique, semi …

Quad-furcated profiled horn: The next generation highly efficient GEO antenna in additive manufacturing

C Stoumpos, JP Fraysse, G Goussetis… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel compact and highly efficient dual-polarized horn-like antenna is presented. It
exploits a radiating aperture that is fed by four smaller waveguides via a quad-furcated …

Two surface multipactor with non-sinusoidal RF fields

A Iqbal, DQ Wen, J Verboncoeur, P Zhang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Two-surface multipactor with a Gaussian-type waveform of rf electric fields is investigated by
employing Monte Carlo simulations and 3D electromagnetic particle-in-cell simulations. The …

The applications of ultra-thin nanofilm for aerospace advanced manufacturing technology

G Xie, H Bai, G Miao, G Feng, J Yang, Y He, X Li, Y Li - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the development of industrial civilization, advanced manufacturing technology has
attracted widespread concern, including in the aerospace industry. In this paper, we report …

Fabrication of Porous Ag/TiO2/Au Coatings with Excellent Multipactor Suppression

D Wu, J Ma, Y Bao, W Cui, T Hu, J Yang, Y Bai - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Porous Ag/TiO2/Au coatings with excellent multipactor suppression were prepared
by fabrication of porous Ag surface through two-step wet chemical etching, synthesis of TiO2 …

Mechanism of total electron emission yield reduction using a micro-porous surface

M Ye, D Wang, Y He - Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Suppression of the total secondary electron yield (TEY) of metal surfaces is important in
many areas such as accelerator, satellite, and Hall thruster. Among TEY suppression …

Surface roughness evolution induced low secondary electron yield in carbon coated Ag/Al substrates for space microwave devices

Q Lu, B Yu, Z Hu, Y He, T Hu, Y Zhao, Z Wang… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
High power microwave devices have been suffering from secondary electron yield (SEY),
which occurs at the surface and leads to increases in energy dissipate and noise level in …