• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 39, Issue 5, 547 (2020)
Chen ZHANG, Wei WANG, Tao SONG, Jie HUANG, Yi-Chao CAO, Di-Wei LIU*, Min HU, Kai-Chun ZHANG, Zhen-Hua WU, [in Chinese], Ren-Bin ZHONG, Tao ZHAO, Seng GONG, and Sheng-Gang LIU
Author Affiliations
  • Terahertz Research Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.05.003 Cite this Article
    Chen ZHANG, Wei WANG, Tao SONG, Jie HUANG, Yi-Chao CAO, Di-Wei LIU, Min HU, Kai-Chun ZHANG, Zhen-Hua WU, [in Chinese], Ren-Bin ZHONG, Tao ZHAO, Seng GONG, Sheng-Gang LIU. Detailed investigations on double confocal waveguide for a gyro-TWT[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(5): 547 Copy Citation Text show less
    3-D configuration of a double confocal waveguide
    Fig. 1. 3-D configuration of a double confocal waveguide
    The diagram of the modes in a double confocal waveguide (a) Superposition mode; (b) Ring mode
    Fig. 2. The diagram of the modes in a double confocal waveguide (a) Superposition mode; (b) Ring mode
    Confocal waveguide with spherical reflectors
    Fig. 3. Confocal waveguide with spherical reflectors
    The magnitude of electric field of the superposition modes in a double confocal waveguide (a), (b), (c) and (d) are the results simulated by commercial CST software; (e), (f), (g) and (h) are the theoretical results.
    Fig. 4. The magnitude of electric field of the superposition modes in a double confocal waveguide (a), (b), (c) and (d) are the results simulated by commercial CST software; (e), (f), (g) and (h) are the theoretical results.
    Normalized beam-wave coupling coefficient versus Rb.
    Fig. 5. Normalized beam-wave coupling coefficient versus Rb.
    Coordinate systems for the ring mode
    Fig. 6. Coordinate systems for the ring mode
    The magnitude of the electric field of the ring mode,(a) and (b) are the results from the commercial CST software; (c) and (d) are the theoretical results.
    Fig. 7. The magnitude of the electric field of the ring mode,(a) and (b) are the results from the commercial CST software; (c) and (d) are the theoretical results.
    Dispersion curve.(a) Dispersion curve in a cylindrical waveguide. (b) Dispersion curve in a single confocal waveguide. (c) Dispersion curve in a double confocal waveguide.
    Fig. 8. Dispersion curve.(a) Dispersion curve in a cylindrical waveguide. (b) Dispersion curve in a single confocal waveguide. (c) Dispersion curve in a double confocal waveguide.
    Variation of diffraction losses of the anti-phase superposition mode TE06 mode with the aperture size.
    Fig. 9. Variation of diffraction losses of the anti-phase superposition mode TE06 mode with the aperture size.
    ModeTheoreticalSimulation
    TE09 (ring mode)279.2 GHz277.8 GHz
    TE06 (superposition mode)260.4 GHz260.1GHz

    TE08 (ring mode)

    TE15 (superposition mode)

    249.8 GHz

    239.6 GHz

    249.5GHz

    237.2 GHz

    Table 1. Cut-off frequency of Eigenmodes
    Mode

    Total Loss

    (dB/cm)

    Interaction
    TE09 (ring mode)28.2dBForward
    TE06 (in-phase superposition mode)17.8Forward
    TE06 (anti-phase superposition mode)2.03Forward
    TE08 (ring mode)13.9BWO
    TE15 (in-phase superposition mode)4.8BWO
    TE15(anti-phase superposition mode)30.1BWO
    Table 2. Total loss
    Chen ZHANG, Wei WANG, Tao SONG, Jie HUANG, Yi-Chao CAO, Di-Wei LIU, Min HU, Kai-Chun ZHANG, Zhen-Hua WU, [in Chinese], Ren-Bin ZHONG, Tao ZHAO, Seng GONG, Sheng-Gang LIU. Detailed investigations on double confocal waveguide for a gyro-TWT[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(5): 547
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