Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Accelerator Structures

Technical Report · Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/815599· OSTI ID:815599

Cowan, Benjamin M

Photonic crystals provide a method of confining a synchronous speed-of-light mode in an all-dielectric structure, likely a necessary feature in any optical accelerator. We explore computationally a class of photonic crystal structures with translational symmetry in a direction transverse to the electron beam. We demonstrate synchronous waveguide modes and discuss relevant parameters of such modes. We then explore how accelerator parameters vary as the geometry of the structure is changed, and consider trade-offs inherent in the design of an accelerator of this type.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 815599
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-10070; TRN: US0304722
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 21 Jul 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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