Advanced technologies for applied particle accelerators and examples of their use

SV Kutsaev - Technical Physics, 2021 - Springer
This review presents the author's view on modern trends in the development of charged
particle accelerators for various applications, which is based on his own experience in this …

Electron bunchers for industrial RF linear accelerators: theory and design guide

SV Kutsaev - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2021 - Springer
The acceleration of electrons in resonant linear accelerators (linacs) typically consists of
three main stages:(1) emission of the electrons from the cathode and their pre-acceleration …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental demonstration of externally driven millimeter-wave particle accelerator structure

MAK Othman, J Picard, S Schaub… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We report the experimental demonstration of a mm-wave electron accelerating structure
powered by a high-power rf source. We demonstrate reliable coupling of an unprecedented …

Highly scalable multicycle THz production with a homemade periodically poled macrocrystal

F Lemery, T Vinatier, F Mayet, R Aßmann… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The THz regime is widely appealing across many disciplines including solid-state physics,
life sciences, and increasingly in particle acceleration. Multicycle THz pulses are typically …

Ka-Band 100-kW Subnanosecond Pulse Generator Mode-Locked by a Nonlinear Cyclotron Resonance Absorber

NS Ginzburg, SV Samsonov, GG Denisov, MN Vilkov… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We present the results of experiments on the generation of periodical trains of
subnanosecond K a-band pulses in the electron generator, which is based on passive mode …

Transformative technology for FLASH radiation therapy: A snowmass 2021 white paper

S Boucher, E Esarey, C Geddes, C Johnstone… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Conventional cancer therapies include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and, more
recently, immunotherapy. These modalities are often combined to improve the therapeutic …

Novel technologies for compact electron linear accelerators

SV Kutsaev - Instruments and Experimental Techniques, 2021 - Springer
This paper reviews new technologies that make it possible to implement such modern
principles of development and creation of applied linear electron accelerators as modularity …

Self-mode-locking regime in a K-band gyro-TWT with external reflections

RM Rozental, SV Samsonov… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the first time, self-mode-locking regime in a continuous-wave (CW) K-band helical
waveguide gyro-TWT with strong external reflections was obtained experimentally. We have …

Cost-efficiency enhancement of X-and Ku-band split waveguides for industrial accelerators

AY Smirnov, SV Kutsaev, R Agustsson… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Compact microwave electron linear accelerators must operate at high frequencies in order
to maintain tight SWaP (size, weight, and power) requirements, set by modern applications …

Potential for acceleration of simulation of dynamic processes in oversized gyrotrons by means of using 2.5 D particle-in-cell method

RM Rozental, VP Tarakanov - Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz …, 2022 - Springer
Simulation of gyrotrons using the particle-in-cell method predominantly requires 3D
calculations. At large oversize factors of the interaction space, it leads to lengthy calculation …