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Microwave pulse compression using a helically corrugated waveguide
There has been a drive in recent years to produce ultrahigh power short microwave pulses for a range of applications. These high-power pulses can be produced by microwave pulse compression. Sweep-frequency based microwave pulse compression using smooth bore hollow waveguides is one technique of passive pulse compression, however, at very high powers, this method has some limitation due to its operation close to cutoff. A special helical corrugation of a circular waveguide ensures an eigenwave with strongly frequency dependent group velocity far from cutoff, which makes the helically corrugated waveguide attractive for use as a passive pulse compressor for very high-power amplifiers and oscillators. The results of proof-of-principle experiments and calculations of the wave dispersion using a particle in cell particle-in-cell (PIC) code are presented. In the experiments, a 70-ns 1-kW pulse from a conventional traveling-wave tube (TWT) was compressed in a 2-m-long helical waveguide. The compressed pulse had a peak power of 10.9 kW and duration of 3 ns. In order to find the optimum pulse compression ratio, the waveguide's dispersion characteristics must be well known. The dispersion of the helix was calculated using the PIC code Magic and verified using an experimental technique. Future work detailing plans to produce short ultrahigh power gigawatt (GW) pulses will be discussed
260 GHz CW gyrotron heating substitution with second-long laser pulses in waveguide semiconductor switches
PIC Simulations of Ka-band Ultra-Short Pulse Oscillator with Resonance Cyclotron Absorber in the Feedback Loop
Isotopic dependence of fusion cross sections in reactions with heavy nuclei
The dependence of fusion cross section on the isotopic composition of
colliding nuclei is analysed within the dinuclear system concept for compound
nucleus formation. Probabilities of fusion and surviving probabilities,
ingredients of the evaporation residue cross sections, depend decisively on the
neutron numbers of the dinuclear system. Evaporation residue cross sections for
the production of actinides and superheavy nuclei, listed in table form, are
discussed and compared with existing experimental data. Neutron-rich
radioactive projectiles are shown to lead to similar fusion cross sections as
stable projectiles.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
Single-cavity gyromultipliers
Several new configurations of self-exciting gyro-multipliers are proposed. These schemes allow concurrent excitation of radiation at fundamental and harmonic frequencies in a single resonator. It is shown that such an approach simplifies the experimental setup and promises high device efficiency. Experimental proposals based on some of the schemes are presented
JINR activity in microwave sources for TeV range linear colliders
Results of theoretical and experimental studies of the microwave radiation sources on the base of the induction linac LIU-3000 (JINR, Dubna) are presented. In particular, a FEM-oscillator with the reversed guide magnetic field and Bragg resonator as well as an electron beam buncher in the two-beam accelerator (TBA) driver was studied
Cross section of α-induced reactions on iridium isotopes obtained from thick target yield measurement for the astrophysical γ process
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B. V. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.The stellar reaction rates of radiative α-capture reactions on heavy isotopes are of crucial importance for the γ process network calculations. These rates are usually derived from statistical model calculations, which need to be validated, but the experimental database is very scarce. This paper presents the results of α-induced reaction cross section measurements on iridium isotopes carried out at first close to the astrophysically relevant energy region. Thick target yields of 191Ir(α,γ)195Au, 191Ir(α,n)194Au, 193Ir(α,n)196mAu, 193Ir(α,n)196Au reactions have been measured with the activation technique between Eα=13.4 MeV and 17 MeV. For the first time the thick target yield was determined with X-ray counting. This led to a previously unprecedented sensitivity. From the measured thick target yields, reaction cross sections are derived and compared with statistical model calculations. The recently suggested energy-dependent modification of the α + nucleus optical potential gives a good description of the experimental data.Peer reviewe
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