Effect of ion bombardment on emission characteristics of gyrotron cathodes

O. Louksha, G. Sominski, D. Samsonov, G. Dammertz, B. Piosczyk, M. Thumm
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Summary form only given as follows. One of the important sources of helical electron beam quality deterioration in gyrotrons is inhomogeneous electron emission from thermionic cathodes of magnetron-injection guns. A high vacuum test stand has been manufactured at SPbSPU for diagnostics and ion treatment of large-size gyrotron cathodes. This facility is equipped with a source of potassium ions providing an ion current density on the cathode up to 2times10-6 A/cm2 and an ion energy up to 11 keV. Rotating the cathode, we select cathode surface areas with anomalous emission for their treatment by ion bombardment. Potassium was chosen for these experiments primarily due to the simplicity of an ion source based on surface ionization of its atoms. Besides, our measurements show that potassium atoms deposited on the emitter surface do not practically influence the emission activity because of rapid evaporation of these atoms from the heated cathode surface at operating temperature. Therefore, such atoms can be used for modeling of processes on the cathode surface in gyrotrons being under the action of bombardment by the ions of the residual gases. The experiments with the LaB6 cathode showed the possibility of emission homogeneity improvement for this cathode due to the deactivation of the emissive surface areas with high electron emission resulting from their treatment by potassium ions. Ion bombardment of the W-Ba cathode caused an increase of electron emission from the treated area. The measurements with this cathode were made for wide ranges of temperature up to ~1100degC and of cathode current density up to ~3 A/cm2. The degree of emission increase resulting from ion bombardment depends on treatment duration, ion energy and initial activity of the treated area. A maximum activation enhancement factor of 2.5 was achieved. In the report, we will discuss the causes of cathode emission changes due to ion treatment and the mechanisms of emission homogeneity degradation in gyrotrons connected with the bombardment of the cathode surface by ion flows.
离子轰击对回旋管阴极发射特性的影响
摘要形式只提供如下。磁控管注入枪热离子阴极的不均匀电子发射是导致回旋管螺旋电子束质量恶化的重要原因之一。研制了用于大尺寸回旋管阴极诊断和离子处理的高真空试验台。该设备配备了钾离子源,阴极上的离子电流密度高达2倍10-6 a /cm2,离子能量高达11 keV。旋转阴极,选择具有异常发射的阴极表面区域进行离子轰击处理。这些实验之所以选择钾,主要是因为基于其原子表面电离的离子源很简单。此外,我们的测量表明,沉积在发射极表面的钾原子实际上并不影响发射活性,因为这些原子在工作温度下从加热的阴极表面迅速蒸发。因此,这些原子可以用来模拟回旋管阴极表面在残余气体离子轰击作用下的过程。LaB6阴极的实验表明,由于钾离子处理导致高电子发射区的失活,LaB6阴极的发射均匀性有可能得到改善。离子轰击W-Ba阴极导致处理区域的电子发射增加。该阴极的测量温度范围可达~1100℃,阴极电流密度可达~3 A/cm2。离子轰击引起的发射增加程度取决于处理时间、离子能量和处理区域的初始活度。最大活化增强因子达到2.5。在报告中,我们将讨论离子处理导致阴极发射变化的原因,以及与离子流轰击阴极表面有关的回旋管发射均匀性退化的机制。
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