Investigation of oscillations and chaos in a plasma-filled diode

Xiaodong Chen; Peter A. Lindsay

doi:10.1117/12.218538

8 September 1995 Investigation of oscillations and chaos in a plasma-filled diode

Xiaodong Chen, Peter A. Lindsay

Proceedings Volume 2557, Intense Microwave Pulses III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218538
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A plasma-filled diode is used as a model of the interaction space in a virtual cathode oscillator (vircator). It is shown for a range of values of the positive/negative charge ratio at the entrance electrode (alpha) and the corresponding reduced electrode separation x_L the system is capable of generating oscillations. It is also shown that the amplitude of oscillations strongly depends on both (alpha) and x_L, although the frequency is largely governed by the value of (alpha) . Such investigations have been previously limited to a single value of (alpha) equals 1, when the positive and negative charge are in balance at the entrance electrode.

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Xiaodong Chen and Peter A. Lindsay "Investigation of oscillations and chaos in a plasma-filled diode", Proc. SPIE 2557, Intense Microwave Pulses III, (8 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218538

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