Numerical Evaluation of the Role of Reflectors to Maximize the Power Efficiency of an Axial Vircator (keynote)

Stéphanie Champeaux , Philippe Gouard , Richard Cousin , Jean Larour (1)

1 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas

Keynote speech on HPM. The effects of introducing one or more reflectors inside an axial Vircator are analyzed using CST-Particle Studio (TM) PIC simulation. The power conversion efficiency is shown to be enhanced from 1% to 13% at 3 GHz. The optimum output power is obtained with three reflectors. Abstract disponible sur http://www.ivec2013.org/ Texte de 2 pages sur clé USB distribué aux participants mais non public.

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Stéphanie Champeaux, Philippe Gouard, Richard Cousin, Jean Larour. Numerical Evaluation of the Role of Reflectors to Maximize the Power Efficiency of an Axial Vircator (keynote). 14th International Vacuum Electronics Conference IVEC 2013, May 2013, Paris, France. pp.4A-High Power Microwaves I. ⟨hal-02892106⟩