Intrapulse frequency stability of a magnetron frequency-locked through a wave reflected from an accelerating cavity
✍ Scribed by Grigory M. Kazakevich; Viatcheslav M. Pavlov; Young Uk Jeong; Byung Cheol Lee
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 647
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
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✦ Synopsis
A laboratory-size Free Electron Laser (FEL) driven by a classical S-band microtron fed by a 2.5 MW magnetron generates terahertz radiation tunable in a wide range. The FEL provides output pulse power of $ 50 W in the wavelength range of 100-300 mm with a pulse duration of 2-4 ms. The FEL parameters are available due to stabilization of the accelerated beam current and the magnetron frequency. The latter is stabilized by the frequency locking in the magnetron through a wave reflected from the microtron accelerating cavity, which also serves as an external stabilizing resonator, providing the RF reference signal for the magnetron. The simple RF stabilizing scheme provides the r.m.s. magnetron frequency instability, dfE10-13 kHz relative to the reference frequency at the frequency pulling bandwidth of 0.43-0.85 MHz and at the initial power of the reflected wave E30 kW. The developed stabilization provided stable and reliable operation of the FEL for more than 10 years. Measured and simulated results are described in this paper.