One-side folded waveguide slow wave structure for backward wave oscillator

Abstract

The invention discloses a one-side folded waveguide slow wave structure for a backward wave oscillator. Curved waveguides on one side of a folded waveguide are arranged in symmetrical positions along a midline. The one-side folded waveguide slow wave structure particularly structurally comprises a straight waveguide array consisting of a plurality of straight waveguides and a plurality of curved waveguides, wherein every two adjacent straight waveguides are connected via one curved waveguide to form a periodic structure; and an electron beam channel penetrates through the straight waveguide array. According to the one-side folded waveguide slow wave structure, the curved waveguides on one side are transferred to the symmetric positions along the midline, so that fundamental waves of the slow wave structure are forward waves; and the backward wave oscillator can achieve appropriate working voltage and higher coupling impedance simultaneously by using the one-side folded waveguide slow wave structure.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of microwave vacuum electronic devices, in particular to a single-sided folded waveguide slow-wave structure used for a backward wave oscillator. Background technique [0002] Backward wave oscillator is a kind of microwave vacuum electronic device, which uses the interaction between the slow wave structure and electron beam to generate microwave oscillation, which can realize electronic tuning in a wide frequency band. For terahertz science and technology and related applications, the backward wave oscillator is a kind of radiation source with a high degree of practicality. As the operating frequency of microwave vacuum electronic devices has increased to short millimeter waves (40GHz-300GHz) or even terahertz (300GHz-3000GHz), folded waveguides have become the most commonly used slow-wave structure, such as figure 1 As shown, the U-shaped curved folded waveguide slow-wave structure is to bend a rectangular waveguide alon...

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[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a single-sided folded waveguide slow-wave structure for the back-wave oscillator to solve the problem of low coupling impedance of the folded-waveguide slow-wave structure in the back-wave oscillator in the prior art

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