High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 12, 123003(2024)
Slow-wave circuits and power synthesis techniques of folded waveguides for terahertz applications
Aiming to address the bottleneck of low output power in terahertz band traveling wave tubes and responding to the distinct demand for compact design, this paper proposes a 0.34 THz folded waveguide traveling wave tube structure with power combination inside the tube. Firstly, the high-frequency characteristics of the folded waveguide slow-wave structure are investigated. Electromagnetic full-wave simulations are used to obtain its dispersion characteristics and coupling impedance. The normalized phase velocity at 0.34 THz is 0.248 and the coupling impedance is 0.46 Ω. Secondly, a 3 dB directional coupler structure for in-tube power combination is designed. The analysis indicates that its amplitude balance is within ±0.19 dB in the range of 0.31–0.368 THz, and the isolation exceeds 24 dB. Finally, the basic structure of the folded waveguide traveling wave tube based on the in-tube combination of the 3 dB directional coupler is demonstrated. The simulation model is constructed, and the results show a maximum output power of 9.16 W, a gain of 26.6 dB, and a 3 dB bandwidth of 21 GHz. For comparison, the output power of a single folded waveguide traveling wave tube is 6.18 W. The output power of the in-tube synthesized folded waveguide traveling wave tube is 1.48 times that of the single traveling wave tube. Moreover, compared with the design of a dual-tube assembly using conventional external power combination structure, the lateral size is reduced by at least 56.5%.
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Huaixin Xiang, Min Miao, Zhensong Li, Xingwang Bian. Slow-wave circuits and power synthesis techniques of folded waveguides for terahertz applications[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2024, 36(12): 123003
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Received: May. 4, 2024
Accepted: Oct. 30, 2024
Published Online: Jan. 15, 2025
The Author Email: Li Zhensong (lizhensong@bistu.edu.cn)