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Multipactor discharge on a dielectric surface in the field of circularly polarized plane waves

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The secondary-emission discharge (multipactor) on a dielectric surface irradiated by a plane TEM wave of circular polarization is analyzed theoretically. It is shown that interaction of electrons with the electromagnetic wave field can provide their return to the emission surface, which makes a multipactor possible even without any external static fields. Multipactor conditions for different reflection coefficients of the incident wave are found. The obtained results are used to estimate the throughput of the output window of a high-power vacuum microwave device. Specifically, it is established that decreasing the high-frequency field amplitude on the window surface when the mode of a partially standing wave is realized in the vicinity of the window does not always help raise its electric strength.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 50, Nos. 10–11, pp. 988–1003, October–November 2007.

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Buyanova, M.N., Nechaev, V.E. & Semenov, V.E. Multipactor discharge on a dielectric surface in the field of circularly polarized plane waves. Radiophys Quantum El 50, 893–907 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-007-0083-z

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