{"title":"Toward Generation of Megawatt Subnanosecond Microwave Pulses With High Repetition Rate","authors":"Zhiyuan Zhang;Weijie Wang;Ruoyang Pan;Yelei Yao;Wei Jiang;Zewei Wu;Youlei Pu;Jianxun Wang;Yong Luo;Guo Liu","doi":"10.1109/TED.2025.3579437","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a study on the generation of megawatt-level subnanosecond microwave pulses with high repetition rates using frequency-modulated (FM) pulse compression, including the simulation and cold test of the compressor. In the simulation, a 150 kW continuously repeated chirp signal, ranging from 27.5 to 31.5 GHz, is generated by a wideband gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT) and injected into the compressor. The compressed subnanosecond pulse exhibits a peak power of 7.72 MW, a duration of 221 ps, and a repetition rate of up to 40 MHz. The simulation also shows that the designed circular waveguide compressor can handle strong electric fields and high power. The cold test results demonstrate excellent agreement with the simulations, which indicate the capability of this compressor for generating megawatt-level subnanosecond microwave pulses with high repetition rates.","PeriodicalId":13092,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices","volume":"72 8","pages":"4415-4420"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11086520/","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article presents a study on the generation of megawatt-level subnanosecond microwave pulses with high repetition rates using frequency-modulated (FM) pulse compression, including the simulation and cold test of the compressor. In the simulation, a 150 kW continuously repeated chirp signal, ranging from 27.5 to 31.5 GHz, is generated by a wideband gyrotron traveling-wave tube (gyro-TWT) and injected into the compressor. The compressed subnanosecond pulse exhibits a peak power of 7.72 MW, a duration of 221 ps, and a repetition rate of up to 40 MHz. The simulation also shows that the designed circular waveguide compressor can handle strong electric fields and high power. The cold test results demonstrate excellent agreement with the simulations, which indicate the capability of this compressor for generating megawatt-level subnanosecond microwave pulses with high repetition rates.
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors. Tutorial and review papers on these subjects are also published and occasional special issues appear to present a collection of papers which treat particular areas in more depth and breadth.