Stability Improvement of Electron Gun for Millimeter Wave TWTs by Immersed Flow Focusing System

Abstract

This paper introduces a high-stability electron optical system for millimeter wave traveling wave tubes. Firstly, a circular electronic injection Pierce electron gun is designed. The electron channel radius is 0.2mm, the current is 90mA. Then the immersed flow method was used to design a ppm focusing system with a magnetic field period of 7.3 mm and a peak value of 4900 Gauss. The stability of the immersed flow electron gun is compared with the gun under a conventional ppm magnetic field in consideration of thermal deformation and assembly errors.