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Publications and source records attributed to P. V. Molchanov.
The theory of coherent transition radiation produced by a relativistic electron beam during its extraction from a microtron is established. Expressions for the beam form factor, spectral-angular and angular distribution of coherent transition radiation are obtained in explicit form. Estimates of microwave noise caused by coherent transition radiation are given.
A drastic cumulation of current density caused by electrostatic repulsion in relativistic vacuum diodes with ring-type cathodes is described theoretically and confirmed experimentally. The distinctive feature of the suggested cumulation mechanism over the conventional one, which relies on focusing a high-current beam by its own magnetic field, is a very low energy spread of electrons in the region of maximal current density that stems from a laminar flow profile of the charged-particle beam.
We simulated an axial vircator with a three-cavity resonator and expected generation efficiency 6-7 percents. For adequate description of physical processes taking place inside a vircator we used two independent PIC codes: self-developed INPIC and free XOOPIC. Based on both the analysis of the vircator proposed in [1] and consideration of the devices operating at cathode-anode voltages under 450 kV we suggest 3 possible designs of a three-cavity resonator such that enable one to produce High Power Microwave in GW power range.
The behavior of the generation efficiency and radiation spectrum of a three-cavity axial vircator versus the radius of the injected electron beam, its impedance and energy homogeneity is studied. This paper establishes that for each geometry of a three-cavity resonator, there exist the optimal (maximizing the generation efficiency) values of these parameters and determines the range within which they may vary without losing the efficiency of generation.
Experimental studies of the backward wave oscillator with a ''grid'' diffraction grating that is formed by a periodic set of metallic threads inside a rectangular waveguide are proceeded with study of the generation intensity as a function of the grating length.
First observation of generation in the backward wave oscillator with a "grid" diffraction grating and lasing of the volume FEL with a "grid" volume resonator that is formed by a perodic set of metallic threads inside a rectangular waveguide is considered.