Author: Ilyakov, E.V.
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MOPC041 Cross-Field Multipactor Discharge in the X-Band Cylindrical Cavity 166
 
  • S.V. Kuzikov, E.V. Ilyakov, I.S. Kulagin, A.A. Vikharev
    IAP/RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • D. Lee
    NSRRC, Hsinchu, Taiwan
 
  The paper represents the experimental study of one-sided cross-field multipactor discharge in the copper cavity with the operating mode TM01 in external DC magnetic field. It was shown that discharge is very sensible to magnitudes of the external magnetic field and rf fields as well. At proper fields the multipactor discharge can be developed for 15 ns and the electron concentration can be comparable with critical one for the given rf frequency. As a result of discharging, the cavity changes its own resonant frequency and can play a role of a switch which can substitute full transmission by full reflection. Switching parameters could be controlled by DC magnetic field as well as by additional rf radiation at different frequency than operating frequency. The high rf absorption of multipactor discharge also can be used in electrically controlled powerful loads and attenuators.