Related papers: Radio-Frequency (RF) Systems
The wave-particle alpha-channeling effect is generalized to include rotating plasma. Specifically, radio frequency waves can resonate with alpha particles in a mirror machine with ExB rotation to diffuse the alpha particles along…
The interaction between a particle beam and the accelerating mode of a radiofrequency (RF) cavity cause beam loading, representing the beam-induced cavity fields. Beam loading leads to amplitude and phase errors in the cavity fields and…
The effects of a radiation field (RF) on the interaction process of a relativistic electron beam (REB) with an electron plasma are investigated. The stopping power of the test electron averaged with a period of the RF has been calculated…
In storage-ring-based light sources, harmonic cavities are commonly employed to lengthen the bunch, thereby mitigating collective effects and increasing beam lifetime. While this dual-RF configuration provides important benefits, it also…
Radio frequency (RF) wireless power transfer (WPT) is a promising technology for charging the Internet of Things. Practical RF-WPT systems usually require energy beamforming (EB), which can compensate for the severe propagation loss by…
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious radio transients whose physical origin is still unknown. Within a few astronomical units near an FRB source, the electric field of the electromagnetic wave is so large that the electron oscillation…
This article puts the spotlight on the receiver front-end (RFE), an integral part of any wireless device that information theory typically idealizes into a mere addition of noise. While this idealization was sound in the past, as operating…
It is argued that the polar gap and flux tube in the pulsar magnetosphere act as a resonant cavity/waveguide system which is excited by oscillations in the primary beam current and accelerating potential. The modes will be converted,…
Ambient backscatter is an intriguing wireless communication paradigm that allows small devices to compute and communicate by using only the power they harvest from radio-frequency (RF) signals in the air. Ambient backscattering devices…
The resonant filtering method transforming frequency modulated radiation field into a train of short pulses is proposed to apply in optical domain. Effective frequency modulation can be achieved by electro-optic modulator or by resonant…
Velocity of a deeply non-relativistic particle can change during its acceleration inside an RF cavity significantly enough to cause a deviation of the energy gain from a linear model. This paper derives formulae for corrections to the…
Superconducting RadioFrequency (SRF) cavities have been developed for modern particle accelerator projects in the world. These cavities are mainly made of bulk niobium operated in superfluid or normal fluid helium. Due to the price increase…
We investigated the acoustic radiation force (ARF) acting on a cylindrical brass particle near an acoustically soft plate patterned with a periodic deep grating. The existence of a negative ARF by which the particle can be pulled towards…
New high-gradient accelerating RF cavities are nowadays developed in several national laboratories for high-energy physics applications. Ultra high gradients, up to the order of GV/m, can be achieved by using ultra compact accelerating…
For the characterization of components, systems and signals in the range of microwave and radio-frequencies (RF) specific equipment and dedicated measurement instruments are used. In this article the fundamentals of RF signal processing and…
A feed-forward ramp can be implemented in Booster to compensate the beam energy loss at different beam intensities for the purpose of minimizing the radial error signal. This can be done only when we have a good understanding about the…
Magnetic confinement fusion researches are an approach to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion power for energy production. In these experiments, mega-watt range power Radio-Frequency waves, from tens of MHz to hundreds of GHz, are…
Radio-frequency linear accelerators are used as injectors for synchrotrons and as stand-alone accelerators for the production of intense particle beams, thanks to their ability to accelerate high beam currents at high repetition rates. This…
The free-electron laser FLASH at DESY and the European XFEL are operated with superconducting radio frequency cavities and supply beam to several user experiments. The switching time between experiments is limited to dozens of microseconds.…
We introduce transfer matrices to describe the motion of particles in the vicinity of the stable and unstable fixed points of longitudinal phase space and use them to analyze the transfer of bunches between radio-frequency systems operating…