Novel Double Tunnel Staggered Grating Slow Wave Structure for 0.2 THz Traveling Wave Tube
Zhigang Lu, Kesen Ding, Ruidong Wen, Weihua Ge, Meiling Zhu, Zhanliang Wang, Huarong Gong, Yubin Gong
Abstract
A novel slow wave structure (SWS), called double tunnel staggered grating (DTSG), which originates from the double staggered grating (DSG) and folded waveguide (FW), is proposed to develop a dual-beam traveling wave tube (TWT) with high power and electron efficiency in Terahertz (THz) band. Using two key techniques: (1) the rectangular holes are opened in the grating-ridges, and the operating mode is cut-off at holes; (2) specific grating-height, the DTSG-SWS possesses the wide operating band as DSG-SWS, high interaction impedance as the rectangular grating (RG) SWS, and good transmission characteristics as FW-SWS. In addition, it is not only suitable for the dual-beam TWT, but also is simple and easy of fabrication as DSG-SWS. The particle-in-cell simulation analysis confirms that the saturated power and electron efficiency of TWT using DTSG-SWS have been significantly improved compared with the TWT using DSG-SWS.