Published December 2008 | Version v1
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Nonlinear study on the terahertz free electron laser amplifier with elliptical waveguide

Creators

  • 1. School of Physics Science and Information Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, 252059 (China)
  • 2. Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080 (China)

Description

The use of an elliptical waveguide and a planar wiggler with parabolically tapered pole pieces as the terahertz free electron laser (FEL) amplifier model is proposed. A set of self-consistent differential equations for the FEL amplifier is derived by using nonlinear theory, and the characteristics of this amplifier are numerically analyzed. Our numerical simulations are conducted to the 1000 GHz amplifier with an electron beam energy of 1.74 MeV. The results indicate that the peak power of 180 kW and frequency bandwidth of 13.5 GHz can be obtained.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2988764;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 123103-123103.5
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41010570
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLIFIERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GHZ RANGE; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SIMULATION; WAVEGUIDES
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUATIONS; EQUIPMENT; FREQUENCY RANGE; LASERS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS

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