Investigation Into the Temperature Dependence of Ferrimagnetic Nonlinear Transmission Lines
In pulsed power systems, coaxial based nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) loaded with ferrimagnetic materials act as pulse sharpeners or high power microwave sources. Microwave generation comes by way of nonlinearities present in the ferrimagnetic material as well as excitation of damped gyromagne...
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Published in | IEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 2457 - 2461 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
IEEE
01.10.2012
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | In pulsed power systems, coaxial based nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs) loaded with ferrimagnetic materials act as pulse sharpeners or high power microwave sources. Microwave generation comes by way of nonlinearities present in the ferrimagnetic material as well as excitation of damped gyromagnetic precession at large incident power levels. Ferrimagnetic properties highly depend on operating temperature; therefore, there exists a need to understand operational performance of ferrite loaded NLTLs under different temperature environments. Ferrite samples are chilled or heated to temperatures between -20 ° C to 150 ° C, providing a wide range of possible operating temperatures. The Curie temperature of the tested samples is approximately 120 ° C; therefore, this study allows observation of precession performance in possible operating temperatures as well as a brief look at the consequences of exceeding the Curie temperature. The design, testing, and results for an NLTL measuring 0.3 m in length with ferrite inner and outer diameters of 3 mm and 6 mm, respectively, are detailed. Results reveal precessional performance, both peak power and frequency of oscillations, versus temperature. |
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ISSN: | 0093-3813 1939-9375 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TPS.2012.2183392 |