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 …

Microfabrication, characterization, and cold-test study of the slow-wave structure of a millimeter-band backward-wave oscillator with a sheet electron beam

A Starodubov, R Torgashov, V Galushka, A Pavlov… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the results of the microfabrication, characterization, and cold-test study of the
previously proposed truncated sine-waveguide interaction structure with wideband-matched …

A study of pulsed high voltage driven hollow-cathode electron beam sources through synchronous optical trigger

HUO Weijie, HE Weiguo, HAN Luofeng… - Plasma Science and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this study, a pulsed, high voltage driven hollow-cathode electron beam sources through
an optical trigger is designed with characteristics of simple structure, low cost, and easy …

Preliminary Study of a G-Band Extended Interaction Oscillator Operating in the TM31-3π Mode Driven by Pseudospark-Sourced Multiple Electron Beams

R Peng, B Wang, Y Yin, H Li, X Yuan, X Xu, L Bi, Y Qin… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the first design that combines pseudospark-sourced (PS) electron
beams with a multiple-beam extended interaction oscillator (EIO). The PS electron beam is …

Study of nanosecond pulsed hollow-cathode electron beam generation and transportation based on PIC-MCC simulation

W Huo, W He, L Han, K Zhu, F Wang - Materials Today Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
This work employs the PIC-MCC (Particle-in-Cell Monte-Carlo collisions) method to study
the nanosecond pulsed electron beam time-varied beam current profiles through the hollow …

A Novel Multi-Aperture r-θ Configuration-Based Pseudospark-Driven Electron Beam Source

P Unadkat, S Jain, N Kumar - IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The simultaneous generation of an electron beam with high energy and high current density
with a high-fill factor is challenging for a backward wave oscillator (BWO) and other linear …

Analysis of Breakdown Characteristics of a Pseudospark-Driven Electron Beam Source

S Jain, P Unadkat, S Shukla, AK Singh… - … on Electron Devices, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, an experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the breakdown
characteristics of a pseudospark (PS) discharge-driven sheet electron beam source. A …

Characterization of Pseudospark Discharge-Based Multigap Plasma Cathode Electron Source for the Generation of Short Pulsed Energetic Electron Beam

RP Lamba, UN Pal - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pseudospark (PS) discharge-based devices are known as excellent source for the
generation of high current density and energetic self-focused electron beam in the hollow …

Study of Space Charge Potential for Propagation of Plasma-Assisted Electron Beam

P Unadkat, N Kumar - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 2-D simulation study of an electron beam profile inside the drift space
of a plasma-assisted slow wave structure (SWS) suitable for the generation of sub-terahertz …

A Study of Discharge Cavity Optimization for the Transient Hollow-Cathode Electron Beam Source

WG He, W Huo, X Duan, J Gu, K Zhu - Available at SSRN 4753595 - papers.ssrn.com
To improve the efficiency of the nanosecond-pulsed electron beam for material irradiation
processing, a systematic experimental study of the evolution parameters of the discharge …