Generating ultrabroadband terahertz radiation based on the under-compression mode of velocity bunching
- Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China) and Key Laboratory of High Energy Radiation Imaging Fundamental Science for National Defense, and Key Laboratory of Particle and Radiation Imaging, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084 (China)
We propose and analyze a scheme to generate enhanced ultrabroadband terahertz (THz) radiation through coherent transition radiation emitted by ultrashort electron beams based on a 10.5 m beamline at Tsinghua University. The proposed scheme involves the initial compression of the electron beam with a few hundred pC charges using a velocity bunching scheme (i.e., RF compression) in an under-compression mode instead of the usual critical-compression mode in order to maintain a positive energy chirp at the exit of the traveling wave accelerator. After a long drift segment, the particles in the tail catch up with the bunch head. More than 80% of the particles are distributed in a spike with an rms length less than 20 fs. Such beams correspond to an ultrabroadband coherent transition radiation (CTR) spectrum of 0.1 THz to 25 THz, with the single-pulse THz radiation energy of up to 50 {mu}J. The principle of CTR and under-compression mode of velocity bunching are introduced in this paper. And the ASTRA simulation parameters and the stability of the system are also discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22105396
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 84, Issue 2; Other Information: (c) 2013 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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