Abstract:
A method of determining a design of a transmission waveguide, the method comprising: providing a system comprising a transmission waveguide connected at a first end thereof to an RF source; generating an electromagnetic field in the system by application of RF energy of a harmonic frequency of the RF source to the transmission waveguide; determining whether a reference location in the RF source meets a requirement relating directly or indirectly to an electromagnetic field in the RF source; and if the requirement is met, outputting the current design of the transmission waveguide as its design.
Abstract:
A chiral molecule can be defined as a molecule that has a non-superimposable mirror image. These mirror images can be referred to as enantiomers. The enantiomers generally have the same set of bond lengths and bond angles in their three-dimensional geometry. Apparatus and techniques described herein can be used to perform analysis of chiral molecules using cavity-enhanced molecular rotational spectroscopy. A sample cell can define a resonant cavity, and a sample introduction port can provide pulse-jet injection of an analyte molecule and a chiral tag to allow analysis of a complex comprising the analyte and chiral tag.
Abstract:
A chiral molecule can be defined as a molecule that has a non-superimposable mirror image. These mirror images can be referred to as enantiomers. The enantiomers generally have the same set of bond lengths and bond angles in their three-dimensional geometry. Apparatus and techniques described herein can be used to perform analysis of chiral molecules using cavity-enhanced molecular rotational spectroscopy. A sample cell can define a resonant cavity, and a sample introduction port can provide pulse jet injection of an analyte molecule and a chiral tag to allow analysis of a complex comprising the analyte and chiral tag.
Abstract:
A vacuum tube for handling an r.f. signal having a predetermined frequency range comprises a cathode, a heater, and a non-electron emissive grid. The grid is positioned from the cathode by the distance an emitted electron from the cathode can travel in a quarter cycle of the r.f. signal. Outer and inner metal tubes forming a resonant line of a signal coupler are respectively connected to the grid and cathode. R.F. absorbers absorb r.f. fields in an interaction region between an anode and the grid. In one embodiment a coupling loop is between metal tubes at an end of the tubes spaced n.lambda./4 from the grid and cathode. In a second embodiment the coupler includes a coaxial line having an inner conductor connected to a first metal face, spaced from a second opposed metal face by a solid dielectric. An outer conductor is connected to a third metal face, spaced from a fourth opposed metal face by the dielectric. The third and fourth faces surround the first and second faces. The first and third faces are at ground potential while the second and fourth faces are at high negative DC voltages. The second and fourth faces are respectively at common ends of interior and exterior coaxial metal tubes forming a .lambda./2 coupler. Hollow inductive structures extend between the inner and outer metal tubes and at different locations along the tubes. Bias leads may be inserted into the inductive structures for shielding.
Abstract:
A combination tuner and harmonic suppressor apparatus is provided for a klystron having a gap defined across a resonant cavity. The apparatus comprises a back cavity coupled to the resonant cavity by a coupling iris. Harmonic resonances within the resonant cavity are conducted to the back cavity through the coupling iris. An absorber disposed within the back cavity absorbs and attenuates the energy of the harmonic resonances. The coupling iris can be capacitively tuned to optimally conduct the harmonic frequencies into the back cavity. The apparatus further comprises an open-ended diaphragm providing a wall of the resonant cavity, disposed between the back cavity and the resonant cavity. A bellows provides a barrier between a vacuum environment within the klystron and a non-vacuum environment external to the klystron, and enables a broad range of movement of the diaphragm.
Abstract:
In a quasi-optical gyrotron, two coils (3a, 3b) in a Helmholtz arrangement generrate a static magnetic field aligned parallel to an electron beam axis (2). As a result, the electrons passing along the electron beam axis (2) parallel to the magnetic field are forced into gyration and excite an alternating electromagnetic field in a quasi-optical resonator. The resonator comprises two mirrors (4a, 4b) arranged opposite to one another on a resonator axis (5). The resonator axis (5) is aligned perpendicularly to the electron beam axis (2) between the two coils (3a, 3b). The mirrors exhibit a mutual distance which is much greater than one half wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. To generate a wideband radiation, at least one mirror, (4b) is moved at a high frequency by at least about one half wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation by a vibrator (10).