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Generation of a Directed Flux of Megawatt THz Radiation as a Result of Strong REB-Plasma Interaction in a Plasma Column. / Samtsov, Denis A.; Arzhannikov, Andrey V.; Sinitsky, Stanislav L. et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 49, No. 11, 01.11.2021, p. 3371-3376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Generation of a Directed Flux of Megawatt THz Radiation as a Result of Strong REB-Plasma Interaction in a Plasma Column
AU - Samtsov, Denis A.
AU - Arzhannikov, Andrey V.
AU - Sinitsky, Stanislav L.
AU - Makarov, Maksim A.
AU - Kuznetsov, Sergei A.
AU - Kuklin, Konstantin N.
AU - Popov, Sergei S.
AU - Sandalov, Evgeny S.
AU - Rovenskikh, Andrey F.
AU - Kasatov, Alexandr A.
AU - Stepanov, Vasiliy D.
AU - Ivanov, Ivan A.
AU - Timofeev, Igor V.
AU - Annenkov, Vladimir V.
AU - Glinskiy, Vladimir V.
N1 - Part of this work, discussed in section 3 was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project 19-12-00250). Publisher Copyright: © 1973-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Experiments at the multimirror open trap as plasma emitter of THz radiation (GOL-PET) facility have shown that the injection of a relativistic electron beam (REB) with a kiloampere current into a magnetized plasma column is accompanied by the generation of a THz radiation flux. Our experiments have revealed three-generation mechanisms. The first mechanism is the scattering of upper hybrid waves on plasma density gradients, the second is the direct pumping of electromagnetic waves by an electron beam, and the last one is the merging of two upper hybrid waves into an electromagnetic one. Both theoretical and experimental studies have shown the possibility to achieve a megawatt power of the flux at the upper hybrid frequency in the presence of significant plasma density gradients. Resent experiments have shown that a strong density decrease at the end of the plasma column is necessary for high-efficiency emission of the generated flux along its axis. This THz radiation flux is emitted from the column into a vacuum chamber and then through an output window to the atmosphere. The measurement results of the spatial and angular properties of such a megawatt flux are described in our article.
AB - Experiments at the multimirror open trap as plasma emitter of THz radiation (GOL-PET) facility have shown that the injection of a relativistic electron beam (REB) with a kiloampere current into a magnetized plasma column is accompanied by the generation of a THz radiation flux. Our experiments have revealed three-generation mechanisms. The first mechanism is the scattering of upper hybrid waves on plasma density gradients, the second is the direct pumping of electromagnetic waves by an electron beam, and the last one is the merging of two upper hybrid waves into an electromagnetic one. Both theoretical and experimental studies have shown the possibility to achieve a megawatt power of the flux at the upper hybrid frequency in the presence of significant plasma density gradients. Resent experiments have shown that a strong density decrease at the end of the plasma column is necessary for high-efficiency emission of the generated flux along its axis. This THz radiation flux is emitted from the column into a vacuum chamber and then through an output window to the atmosphere. The measurement results of the spatial and angular properties of such a megawatt flux are described in our article.
KW - Beam-plasma interaction
KW - conversion of plasma waves into electromagnetic waves
KW - Density measurement
KW - high-power THz radiation.
KW - Measurement by laser beam
KW - Particle beam injection
KW - Plasma density
KW - Plasma measurements
KW - Plasmas
KW - Valves
KW - high-power THz radiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114725267&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2021.3108880
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2021.3108880
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85114725267
VL - 49
SP - 3371
EP - 3376
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
SN - 0093-3813
IS - 11
ER -
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