Recent Results of a CW, 94 GHz Second Harmonic Gyrotron Based on a Continuous Operation Solenoid

Recent results of a CW, 94 GHz second harmonic gyrotron with a 1.8 T continuous operation solenoid are presented. The DC solenoid was cooled by water. Its inner bore diameter is 66 mm. The power consumption of the solenoid is 28 kW and the driving current is about 500 A. The gyrating electron beam was generated by a compact triode magnetic injection gun. A high efficiency internal quasi-optical mode converter with a pre-bunch quasi-optical launcher was used to separate the wave from the electron beam. The operating mode of the harmonic gyrotron is TE 02 . During the CW test, its operational frequency stabilized at 93.9 GHz. In the test, 5 min operation was realized. The output power is 12 kW with an electron beam of 45 kV, 1.6 A. The output efficiency is 24% with a single stage depressed collector.