Slow Wave Structure as a Radiator for Nonlinear Transmission Lines

ORAL

Abstract

Motivated by the potential in the generation of electromagnetic waves using the output pulses of a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL), we constructed the Green's function on a slow wave structure. A NLTL-based radiation source will not require an electron beam, and the key question is the conversion of the NLTL output of a general temporal pulse shape into radiation. A slow wave structure may be used as a radiator for the NLTL-generated pulses. We compare the analytic solution of the frequency response on the slow wave structure with that obtained from a particle-in-cell code. Favorable comparison is obtained for the first few lower order modes that are resonantly excited.

*This work was supported by AFOSR Grant no. FA9550-09-1-0662, AFRL, L-3 Communications Electron Devices, and Northrop Grumman Corporation.

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Authors

  • Yue Ying Lau

    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Peng Zhang

    • University of Michigan
    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

  • David Simon

    • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    • University of Michigan

  • Brad Hoff

    • AFRL, Kirtland AFB, NM
    • Air Force Research Laboratory

  • David French

    • AFRL, Kirtland AFB, NM

  • John Luginsland

    • AFOSR, Arlington, VA