US3353053A - Radiation generator operating in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelength range - Google Patents

Radiation generator operating in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelength range Download PDF

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US3353053A
US3353053A US354678A US35467864A US3353053A US 3353053 A US3353053 A US 3353053A US 354678 A US354678 A US 354678A US 35467864 A US35467864 A US 35467864A US 3353053 A US3353053 A US 3353053A
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  • means for generating electromagnetic radiation comprises means for emitting a stream of electrons in a magnetic field, means for generating an intense magnetic field and means for causing the electron stream to pass through the said intense magnetic field.
  • FIGURE 1 shows schematically a radiation generator according to the invention
  • FIGURES 27 show explanatory diagrams to assist in an understanding of the invention
  • FIGURE 8 shows an improved construction of the tube of FIGURE 1,
  • FIGURE 9 shows an alternative arrangement of the tube of FIGURE 1.
  • the glass envelope of an electron tube 1 fits co-axially in a solenoid 2.
  • the tube 1 has an enlarged part 3 containing a cathode 4, a grid and an anode 7, From the enlarged part 3 the tube tapers through a short section 55 to an elongated part 9 which is of smaller cross section than the part 3.
  • the part 9 is located within a further solenoid 11 and is closed by a quartz Window it).
  • the solenoid 11 is itself located within the solenoid Z and is situated immediately adjacent section 8 of the tube (pushed up against the shoulder).
  • the inside surface of the section 8 and the elongated part 9 carry a silver coating 12 which is divided longitudinally by a slot 13.
  • An electrode 14 secured in the silvered wall of the section 3 of the tube 1 is connected to the anode 7.
  • the cathode 4 together With the grid 5 and the anode 7 of the tube it constitute an electron gun which is aimed in a direction indicated by the arrow E at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the field BI produced by the solenoid 2. This is indicated in FIG. 2.
  • the solenoid 2 is energized and produces a field B1 of approximately 2,000 gauss longitudinally of the tube 1 and the solenoid 11 is conveniently connected to a source of current pulses which establish a uniform, concentrated pulses flux Bp in the second part 9 of the tube.
  • the practical effect is that a region of uniform magnetic field is produced in the part 3 around the electron gun assembly and a very concentrated pulsed field is established having a short uniform region within the solenoid 11.
  • FIG. 4 shows the field distribution Within the solenoid 11 including the region of uniform field.
  • the grid 5 is connected to a bias source which may be varied from +50 v. to 50 v. relative to the cathode; the electrode 14 is connected to earth and the cathode 4 together with the grid 5 is pulsed.
  • the cathode voltage pulses have a length of l msec. and each pulse is timed to occur at the middle period of the pulses driving the solenoid 11.
  • the concentrated magnetic field is pulsed, it varies only slightly during the 1 msec. pulse of the tube current.
  • the electron beam may therefore be thought of as seeing a DC magnetic field configuration substantially as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the magnetic field configuration is the vector sum of the fields due to the two solenoids, fringe fields, and eddy current fields in the metal associated with the experimental apparatus.
  • Electron from the gun are thus aimed at an angle to the longitudinal field in the part 3 so that they each describe a helical path which can be considered as extending along a tube of magnetic force of the field B1.
  • the helical path of an electron decreases in pitch and radius, somewhat as in the manner indicated in FIG. 5 where lines 15 are taken to represent boundaries of one tube of force and the line 16 shows the helical electron path of a typical electron.
  • the volume occupied by the radiated electrons is a cylinder 2 /2 cm. long by 0.5 cm. diameter.
  • V transverse electron velocity
  • FIG. 6 The variation of transverse electron velocity V in the uniform low field region (where V is the component of electron velocity perpendicular to the tube axis) is shown in FIG. 6.
  • the electron gun is designed so that electrons are passed through the anode gauze with controllable and uniform velocity vectors: in particular the transverse velocity is controllable. Measurements suggest that the radiation emitted from the window It) is partially coherent. A precise theoretical analysis of the operation of the tube has not yet been carried through.
  • the cathode 4 is a 3 cm. diameter fiat oxide coated disc; in the interests of simplicity connections to the pulse sources and the bias sources of the tube are not shown; similarly the sources feeding the solenoids 2 and 11 are also omitted in FIG. 1.
  • Initial considerations which are important in the setting up of the generator are the value of the field B due to the main solenoid 2, the anode-to-grid spacing, the gridanode voltage V the angle between the field B and the normal E to the cathode and the ratio B /B
  • the output frequency of the generator may be varied by adjustment of the field B
  • a typical grid-anode voltage is 10 kv., the grid and the cathode 4 are pulsed together; the field B is typically 2,000 gauss for a field B due to the solenoid ll of kilogauss (giving an outlet at approximately 1 mm. wavelength).
  • Simple empirical values can be worked out to determine optimum conditions of operation of a tube. A power output of 1 mwatt has been obtained at a Wavelength of 1 mm.
  • the radiation generated may be amplitude modulated using grid 5, or frequency modulated by inserting an additional grid and using this to alter the longitudinal velocity of the electrons and hence doppler shift the output frequency.
  • the grid 5 would be servocontrolled from the tube output to prevent amplitude modulation due to variation of electron density in the high field region.
  • the generator may be operated continuously where DC magnetic fields are available.
  • FIG. 8 a modified tube 1 is shown in which a totally reflecting mirror 6 is positioned transversely of the tube 1 within the part 3 and opposite the quartz windoW along the axis of the narrow part 9 of the tube 1. This improves the resonant cavity comprising the silvering and the quartz window 10, which is partially reflecting.
  • a further development consists in providing means for adjusting the position of the mirror 6 or alternatively of providing a further reflecting mirror transverse to the tube axis and outside the tube beyond the quartz windows 10, and adjustable axially.
  • FIGURE 9 shows an alternative arrangement of the tube of FIGURE 1.
  • the envelope 1 of the tube is disposed with its enlarged part 3 surrounded by four solenoids 18, 20, 22 and 24 spaced along the enlarged part 3 of the tube in that order.
  • the solenoids 18 and 24 are of greater diameter than the solenoids 20 and 22.
  • the elongated part 9 of the tube is located in an axial lobe in a cylindrical cryostat 26.
  • a superconducting solenoid 28 in the cryostat is capable of delivering a continuous magnetic field of 50 kilogauss.
  • the tube is capable of delivering continuous radiation instead of pulsed radiation.
  • the arrangement of the solenoids 18, 20, 22 and 24 is to produce a uniform magnetic field in the enlarged part 3 of the tube in the following manner.
  • the magnetic field due to the solenoid 28 is falling ofl? in the region under consideration, i.e. it is higher in the region of the solenoid 22 than in the region of the solenoid 20. Therefore the solenoid22 is arranged to deliver a magnetic field opposing that due to the solenoid 28 and the solenoid 20 is arranged to deliver a magnetic field reinforcing that due to the solenoid 28. In this way an approximately uniform magnetic field is generated throughout the length of the enlarged portion 3 of the tube 1.
  • the solenoids 18 and 24 may be used to deliver magnetic fields in which a way that the total field is more uniform and by varying the intensities of the fields delivered by the solenoids 18, 20,
  • Apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said means for generating said intense second magnetic field comprises a superconducting solenoid.
  • said means defining said microwave cavity comprises a tube having at one end a quartz window, and further including axially adjustable reflecting means transverse of and situated outside the said tube.
  • said means emitting said electron stream comprises an electron gun including a cathode and an anode
  • said means defining said microwave cavity comprises a tube having at one end a window
  • said means generating said first magnetic field comprising a first solenoid surrounding said gun
  • said means generating said second magnetic field comprising a second solenoid surrounding the tube.
  • Means for generating magnetic radiation in the millimeter and sub-millimeter ranges comprising a glass envelope including an enlarged portion, an elongated tube portion of smaller diameter than said enlarged portion, window means closing one end of said elongated portion, and a shortneck portion connecting the other end of said elongated portion with said enlarged portion; means cooperating with said window to define in said tube portion a resonant cavity, said cavity defining means including a unitary conductive layer at least partially covering said neck and elongated portions;
  • first solenoid means arranged concentrically about at least the enlarged portion of said envelope for establishing therein a uniform first magnetic field of relatively low intensity
  • second solenoid means arranged concentrically about the tube portion of said envelope for establishing therein a second magnetic field of relatively high intensity applied contemporaneously with said first magnetic field;
  • electron gun means including an anode and a cathode.
  • said cavitydefining means further includes a mirror arranged within the enlarged envelope portion opposite said window.

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