Simulations of High Power High Efficiency Sources for Mobile Ionospheric Heating

Jayakrishnan A. Karakkad; Amith H. Narayan; Brian L. Beaudoin; Antonio Ting; Steven Gold; Gregory S. Nusinovich; Thomas M. Antonsen

doi:10.1109/ICOPS35962.2018.9575255

Simulations of High Power High Efficiency Sources for Mobile Ionospheric Heating

Jayakrishnan A. Karakkad
, Amith H. Narayan
, Brian L. Beaudoin
, Antonio Ting
, Steven Gold
, Gregory S. Nusinovich
, Thomas M. Antonsen

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The ionosphere plays a prominent role in the performance of critical civilian and military communication systems. The properties of the ionosphere can be modified by Ionospheric Modification (IM). The key instrument in IM research is a powerful, ground-based, High Frequency (HF) source of electromagnetic waves known as a heater. Existing heaters operate with large, fixed location antenna arrays. With a mobile heater, investigators would be able to conduct IM research at different latitudes without building a costly permanent installation. A mobile heater for ionospheric modification studies will require a new megawatt class RF source. Our design incorporates a grid-less electron gun in which the beam is turned on and off by a mod-anode in class-D mode [1].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICOPS 2018 - 45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538645895
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS35962.2018.9575255
State	Published - Jun 24 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, ICOPS 2018 - Denver, United States Duration: Jun 24 2018 → Jun 28 2018

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science
Volume	2018-June
ISSN (Print)	0730-9244

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Conference	45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, ICOPS 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	06/24/18 → 06/28/18

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1. Brian L. Beaudoin, Gregory S. Nusinovich, Gennady Milikh, Antonio Ting, Steven Gold, Jayakrishnan A. Karakkad, Amith H. Narayan, David B. Matthew, Dennis K. Papadopoulos, and Thomas M. Antonsen Jr. "Highly efficient, megawatt-class, radio frequency source for mobile ionospheric heaters." Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications 31, no. 17 (2017): 1786-1801. Harvard 2. J. A. Karakkad, J., D. Matthew, R. Ray, B. L. Beaudoin, A. Narayan, G. S. Nusinovich, A. Ting, and T. M. Antonsen Jr. "High efficiency inductive output tubes with intense annular electron beams." Physics of Plasmas 24, no. 10 (2017): 103116. ________________________________ * This work is supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant FA95501410019.

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Karakkad, J. A., Narayan, A. H., Beaudoin, B. L., Ting, A., Gold, S., Nusinovich, G. S., & Antonsen, T. M. (2018). Simulations of High Power High Efficiency Sources for Mobile Ionospheric Heating. In ICOPS 2018 - 45th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science; Vol. 2018-June). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOPS35962.2018.9575255

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