RF behavior and cavity design for 0.3THz, 4kW gyrotron for material processing application

Abstract: The design of weakly tapered interaction cavity for 0.3THz, 4kW gyrotron operating at the fundamental cyclotron harmonic is presented in this paper. The interaction cavity design and the beam-wave interaction computation are carried out for TE0,6 mode by using the Particle-in-Cell (PIC) electromagnetic simulation approach. The operating mode is selected by using the code GCOMS, in which various mode selection parameters and start oscillation current are calculated. Further, the power and frequency estimation are performed to finalize the cavity and electron beam parameters. The sensitivity analysis is done to finalize the tolerance limit in various parameters. Finally, the thermal and structural analyses are performed for the designed interaction cavity for the effective cooling. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]