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Simulative research on reverse current in magnetically insulated coaxial diode

Author(s) -

Danni Zhu,

Jun Zhang,

Huihuang Zhong,

Lie Liu,

Xingjun Ge

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

aip advances

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421

H-Index - 58

ISSN - 2158-3226

DOI - 10.1063/1.4986321

Subject(s) - magnetic field , current (fluid) , coaxial , diode , cathode , materials science , electrical impedance , microwave , electrical engineering , optoelectronics , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics

The reverse current tends to occur in the transition region of the guiding magnetic field in a magnetically insulated coaxial diode (MICD). Influence of the guiding magnetic field on characteristics of the MICD especially on the reverse current is studied by the particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation in this paper. The reverse current is confirmed to be irrelevant with the guiding magnetic field strength. However, the reverse current is clarified quantitatively to depend on the electric and magnetic field distribution in the upstream of the cathode tip. As the MICD has been widely employed in microwave tubes, a simple approach to suppress the reverse current on the premise of little change of the original diode is valuable and thus proposed. The optimum matching point between the cathode and the magnetic field is selected in consideration of the entrance depth tolerance, the diode impedance discrepancy and the reverse current coefficient

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