{"title":"Influence of Amplitude and Frequency Modulation of the Whistler Wave Packet on Cyclotron Interaction with Energetic Electrons in the Earth’s Magnetosphere","authors":"V. S. Grach, A. G. Demekhov","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10496-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10496-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider the resonant interaction of a whistler-mode wave packet with energetic electrons. The wave packet parameters are based on Cluster spacecraft data. Both model profiles of the packet amplitude and frequency (Gaussian and linear, respectively) and profiles taking into account variations in amplitude and frequency, directly based on spacecraft data, are used. The effect of the wave packet amplitude and frequency modulation on the acceleration of electrons and their precipitation into the loss cone as a result of the interaction is analyzed by using test particle simulations.</p><p>It is shown that both modulations have a similar effect on the interaction characteristics: the presence of modulation (amplitude and/or frequency) generally significantly increases the probability of particle trapping by the wave field, but the maximum energy gain for trapped particles decreases. However, there are regions of the initial electron parameters in which, even in the presence of modulation, significant acceleration of individual groups of particles is possible. As a result of the interaction considered, electrons with energies of 20 to 200 keV can effectively precipitate into the loss cone. As the packet propagates away from the equator, less effective precipitation of particles with energies of 200 to 600 keV is possible. The precipitation characteristics depend only weakly on the presence of amplitude and/or frequency modulation of the wave packet.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"743 - 760"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. K. Raspopin, A. V. Borisov, A. G. Pauliš, G. E. Dunaevsky, V. L. Vax, Yu. V. Kistenev
{"title":"Optimization of a Multiple-Pass Gas Cell with Variable Optical Pathlength for a Terahertz Absorption Spectrometer","authors":"G. K. Raspopin, A. V. Borisov, A. G. Pauliš, G. E. Dunaevsky, V. L. Vax, Yu. V. Kistenev","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10499-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10499-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present the results of optimizing numerically a small-size cylindrical multipass cell based on a modified Herriott optical scheme. The cell has a separate THz beam input/output system and a common reflective cylindrical element that forms a closed measuring volume. Using numerical modeling methods and the geometric optics approach, the geometry of the cylindrical multipass cell was optimized. It is shown that the use of a reflective element with a parabolic profile allows one to minimize beam deformations during multiple reflections of the beam. The optimized geometry of the input/output system of the radiation and a reflective element having an internal radius of 65 mm and a height of 40 mm ensures the possibility to vary the optical path length in the range from 0.78 m to 2.61 m.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"784 - 791"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Type of Artificial Josephson Atoms for Quantum Simulation of Topological Models","authors":"E. E. Konopleva, G. P. Fedorov, O. V. Astafiev","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10501-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10501-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We propose a scheme for a new artificial atom suitable for constructing quantum simulators of photonic topological models. The design consists of four capacitively shunted Josephson junctions, controlled by an external magnetic flux, in a diamond-shaped configuration. It maintains arbitrary polarization states through two degenerate excited states with mutually orthogonal electric field distributions. Furthermore, we show that a high operating ratio of the Josephson energy to the charge energy suppresses the sensitivity to fluctuating background charges far from the degeneracy points.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"811 - 821"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Aberration Basis for Kolmogorov Wavefronts for Improving Laser Radiation Focusing in Modal Correction","authors":"D. A. Yagnyatinskiy, A. P. Kuznetsov","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10500-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10500-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We derive a mode basis of aberration components of the Kolmogorov wavefront. The basis is characterized by the maximum contribution to the geometric transverse aberration of a uniformly intense circular monochromatic laser beam. The result represents the Karhunen—Loève functions derived from the Lukosz polynomials. With modal successive correction, subtraction of these components from the wavefront results in the strongest decrease of the RMS focal spot radius, allowing for statistical improvement of the focusing effect of laser radiation. The result obtained within the geometric optics approximation is also valid for the diffraction focal spot. Results of numerical simulation show that the characteristic focal spot size depending on the turbulence level can be reduced by several percent or tens of percent, while the Strehl ratio and the power in the bucket can be increased from several percent to more than a hundred percent (as compared to the modal correction of the same number of the known aberration components). It is also proposed to use modified Karhunen—Loève functions as aberration components, which in most cases allow for higher focusing parameters than those with the newly derived Karhunen—Loève—Lukosz modes. These results can be generalized for any given model of atmospheric phase distortions, an arbitrary aperture shape, and a given laser beam apodization.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"792 - 810"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of Spatial Field Processing Based on the Double Weighted Fourier Transform Method in the Problems of Satellite Diagnostics of the Ionosphere Taking Into Account the Horizontal Drift Velocities of Small-Scale Irregularities","authors":"M. A. Zverev, S. I. Knizhin","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10497-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10497-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We study the possibility of using double spatial field processing based on the double weighted Fourier transform (DWFT) method to increase the resolution of satellite diagnostics of an inhomogeneous ionospheric plasma. The case of synthesizing a line of sources of the probing signal by a low-orbiting satellite of the “Ionosphere-M” type is considered. As a model of the ionosphere, an approximation is used in the form of a background medium represented by a simple Chapman layer, with the addition of horizontally moving local plasma irregularities having dielectric permittivity variations in the form of Gaussian functions. Computer calculations of the phase of the field of a wave that has passed through an inhomogeneous medium showed that for the chosen parameters of the problem, the use of double spatial field processing based on the DWFT method makes it possible to overcome the Fresnel resolution limit for diagnosing small-scale ionospheric irregularities moving with horizontal drift velocities less than 200 and 380 m/s for probing-signal frequencies of 150 and 400 MHz, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"761 - 772"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. N. Lobanov, V. V. Rostov, S. A. Shunailov, M. I. Yalandin
{"title":"On Simulating the Generation of a Ka-Band Subnanosecond Microwave Peak Train by a Relativistic Backward-Wave Oscillator in the Beam Current Modulation Regime","authors":"L. N. Lobanov, V. V. Rostov, S. A. Shunailov, M. I. Yalandin","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10490-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10490-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider numerical models for generating sequences of subgigawatt microwave superradiance (SR) peaks in a relativistic Ka-band backward-wave oscillator (BWO) due to a deep periodic modulation of the electron beam current. In the first model, this regime is achieved by applying a sequence of trapezoidal accelerating pulses to the explosive-emission cathode with a certain delay. The delay duration determines the influence of the residual background of slow spent electrons on the dynamics of formation of the subsequent SR peak and the peak amplitude. In an alternative model, the injected beam current is continuous, but modulated by the preceding SR pulse, which generates strong electric fields in the radial gap near a coaxial insert used in the anode unit of the BWO instead of the resonant reflector. Here, the beam is periodically dumped onto the wall. In this case, unlike the first model, the electrons at the leading edge of the next beam segment have the maximum energy. Therefore, the excitation of subsequent SR pulses is less sensitive to residual slow electrons and occurs under reproducible conditions. The pulses have a short delay and close amplitudes.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 9","pages":"677 - 687"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. A. Kozlov, O. E. Kudryashova, E. S. Fitasov, A. D. Ilyasafov, A. E. Timofeev
{"title":"Experimental Studies of Recognition of Propeller-Modulated Radar Signals Based on the Eigenvalue Analysis of a Sample Correlation Matrix","authors":"S. A. Kozlov, O. E. Kudryashova, E. S. Fitasov, A. D. Ilyasafov, A. E. Timofeev","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10498-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10498-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present experimental results on recognition of propeller-modulated radar signals based on the eigenvalue analysis of a sample correlation matrix for a Yak-52 propeller-driven sports and training aircraft, a Robinson R44 light multipurpose commercial helicopter, and a turbofan passenger aircraft. A case is considered where methods based on the discrete Fourier transform and superresolution for the low reflectivity of aircraft propellers fail to identify the spectral components of propeller modulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 10","pages":"773 - 783"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148810935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. F. Vdovin, P. M. Zemlyanukha, M. V. Efimova, I. V. Lesnov, M. A. Mansfeld, A. S. Marukhno, K. V. Mineev, V. I. Nosov, V. A. Salkov
{"title":"Subterahertz Radiometer Modulator Operating in the 1.3 mm Atmospheric Transparency Window","authors":"V. F. Vdovin, P. M. Zemlyanukha, M. V. Efimova, I. V. Lesnov, M. A. Mansfeld, A. S. Marukhno, K. V. Mineev, V. I. Nosov, V. A. Salkov","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10491-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10491-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We propose a method for designing a mechanical modulator for an uncooled subterahertz radiometer capable of operating under prolonged expeditionary conditions. The modulator enables periodic modulation of thermal radiation from the observed object directly in front of the radiometer’s receiving antenna and provides mechanical scanning within an angular range from 0° to 90°. As a matched reference load, an absorber fabricated via 3D printing from a composite polymer with high electrical conductivity is used.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 9","pages":"688 - 697"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. V. Rostov, R. V. Tsygankov, P. V. Vykhodtsev, A. N. Sinyakov, A. S. Stepchenko, M. I. Yalandin, A. N. Yunakov
{"title":"Pulse-Periodic Relativistic Backward-Wave Oscillator with an Electron Beam Power Conversion Efficiency of 50%","authors":"V. V. Rostov, R. V. Tsygankov, P. V. Vykhodtsev, A. N. Sinyakov, A. S. Stepchenko, M. I. Yalandin, A. N. Yunakov","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10488-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10488-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We present the results of theoretical and experimental studies of a relativistic backward-wave oscillator in the long-wavelength band of the centimeter-wave range (λ ≈ 10 cm). Using a nonlinear nonstationary model, weshow that the choice of the reduced high-frequency space charge parameter plays an important role in all options for increasing the oscillator efficiency. Numerical simulation using the macro-particle method and the experiments confirm the need to minimize the intense space charge fields. This key parameter decreases due not only to a decrease in the electron beam current, but also to an increase in the maximum transport current through the slow-wave structure of the backward-wave oscillator. This effect is achieved by bringing the electron beam closer to the structure walls in a nonuniform magnetic field. In this approach, partial current deposition on the slow-wave structure in the electron deceleration region has proven beneficial. The experiment employed the pulse-periodic regime of operation of the relativistic backward-wave oscillator with a clock frequency of up to 250 Hz at a carrier frequency of 3 GHz and a power of 1.0±0.1 GW in pulses with a duration of 23±1 ns. The corresponding degree of the beam–to–wave power conversion can exceed 50%.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 9","pages":"662 - 669"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. V. Khan, L. V. Filippenko, A. B. Ermakov, N. V. Kinev, V. P. Koshelets
{"title":"Subterahertz Superconducting Oscillators Based on Arrays of Josephson Junction","authors":"F. V. Khan, L. V. Filippenko, A. B. Ermakov, N. V. Kinev, V. P. Koshelets","doi":"10.1007/s11141-026-10487-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11141-026-10487-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>For most practical applications of superconducting oscillators, it is necessary to implement terahertz generation with the frequency tuning over a wide range and a narrow radiation line in a single device. Until now, this has been achieved only for systems based on distributed Josephson junctions. We give a brief overview of the main achievements in the field of creating superconducting integrated oscillators and present the results of developing a new type of oscillators based on arrays of Josephson junctions included in a superconducting coplanar line. The implementation of a new type of Josephson junctions has provided the possibility of developing an oscillator with operating frequencies of up to 700 GHz, which are limited only by the energy gap of niobium. The use of a superconducting harmonic mixer based on a superconductor–insulator–superconductor tunnel junction made it possible not only to determine the operating frequency range of the oscillator and estimate its power, but also to measure the radiation linewidth of a superconducting oscillator at frequencies of up to 700 GHz in the frequency-stabilization mode and to implement the phase-locked loop mode. The possibility of developing terahertz-superconducting oscillators for integrated receiving systems of ground-based and space radio-telescopes is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":748,"journal":{"name":"Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics","volume":"68 9","pages":"653 - 661"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}