Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 11, 080701 (2008) [5 pages]High-power beam-based coherently enhanced THz radiation source
We propose a compact Smith-Purcell radiation device that can potentially generate high average power THz radiation with high conversion efficiency. The source is based on a train of short electron bunches from an rf photoemission gun at an energy of a few MeV. Particle tracking simulation and analysis show that, with a beam current of 1 mA, it is feasible to generate hundreds of watts of narrow-band THz radiation at a repetition rate of 1 MHz. This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.11.080701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.11.080701
PACS:
07.57.Hm, 41.60.Cr, 29.27.Fh
|
