Design of a new compact THz source based on Smith-Purcell radiation

In recent years, people are dedicated to the research work of finding compact THz sources with high emission power. Smith-Purcell radiation is qualified for the possibility of coherent enhancement due to the effect of FEL mechanism. The compact experiment device is expected to produce hundreds mW level THz ray. The electron beam with good quality is provided under the optimized design of the electron gun. Besides, the grating is designed as an oscillator without any external feedbacks. While the beam passes through the grating surface, the beam bunching will be strong and the second harmonics enhancement will be evident, as is seen from the simulation results.

Numerical Simulation of a Hybrid Undulator Applied in THz Radiation Source

The undulator is the key component in the compact THz radiation source based on FEL.By matching the adjustable period magnetic field of the undulator with the optical resonance cavity,the passing electron beam will generate coherent radiation with gain,and the radiation power required by THz source can be achieved finally. Compared with the pure permanent magnet type,the hybrid type undulator can decrease the field errors caused by non-homogeneous magnetization of magnetic blocks,and provide higher magnetic field.The conceptual design of a hybrid undulator used for THz radiation source is introduced.We use the FEM code OPERA/TOSCA to simulate 3D magnetic field of the undulator.After optimizing the end structure of the hybrid undulator,the first field integrals is controlled within 0.01Gs.m,and the deviation of the electron beam is less than 0.02mm.

AN INNER-FEEDBACK-STYLE TRAVELING-WAVE TUBE OSCILLATOR

A new concept of inner-feedback-style traveling wave tube oscillator, which is based on a traveling-wave tube having a partial reflector located at near the junction between the slow-wave structure and the output coupler and a mechanical tuner connected to the input coupler, is proposed. Simulations by CHIPIC code show that the inner-feedback-style traveling wave tube oscillator having 100W of power, about 10% of electron efficiency and a tunable band of 73.35-73.91 GHz may be achieved. Compared with Backward Wave Oscillators (BWOs), the new devices have similar ability for tuning, and have much higher electron efficiency, suggesting much more potential as a Terahertz source.

Compact narrow-band THz radiation source based on photocathode rf gun

Narrow-band THz coherent Cherenkov radiation can be driven by a subpicosecond electron bunch trav- eling along the axis of a hollow cylindrical dielectric-lined waveguide. We present a scheme of compact THz radiation source based on the photocathode rf gun. On the basis of our analytic result, the subpicosecond electron bunch with high charge （800 pC） can be generated directly in the photocathode rf gun. According to the analytical and simulated results, a narrow emission spectrum peaked at 0.24 THz with 2 megawatt （MW） peak power is expected to gain in the proposed scheme （the length of the facility is about 1.2 m）.

Preliminary Design of Compact FEL Terahertz Radiation Source

A new type of compact terahertz (THz) radiation source using free electron laser (FEL) is discussed in this paper.The concept machine consists of an independently tunable cell thermionic RF gun (ITC-RF Gun),an accelerating structure with symmetry RF-incoupler and a coaxial load RF-outcoupler,an undulator combined with an optical resonance cavity of hole-coupling mode.Withoutα-magnet and other bunch compressors,the size of this machine is decreased.The conceptual design and numerical simulation are presented.

Nanoplasmonic-gold-cylinder-array-enhanced terahertz source

Photoconductive antennas （PCAs） based on nanoplasmonic gratings contact electrodes have been pro- posed to satisfy the demand for high power, efficiency and responsivity terahertz （THz） sources. Reducing the average photo-generated carrier transport path to the photoconductor contact electrodes was previously considered the dominant mechanism to improve PCAs＇ power. However, considering the bias in a real device, the electric field between gratings is limited and the role of surface plasmonic resonance （SPR） field enhancement is more important in improving THz radiation. This paper, based on SPR, analyzes the interaction between incident light and substrate in nano cylinder array PCAs and clearly shows that the SPR can enhance the light absorption in the substrate. After the optimization of the structure size, the proposed structure can offer 87% optical transmission into GaAs substrate. Compared with conventional PCAs, the optical transmission into the substrate will increase 5.8 times and the enhancement factor of substrate absorption will reach 13.7 respectively.

Review of terahertz semiconductor sources

Terahertz（THz） technology can be used in information science,biology,medicine,astronomy,and environmental science.THz sources are the key devices in THz applications.The author gives a brief review of THz semiconductor sources,such as GaAs_（1-x）N_x Gunn-like diodes,quantum wells（QWs） negative-effective-mass （NEM） THz oscillators,and the THz quantum cascade lasers（QCLs）.THz current self-oscillation in doped GaAs_（1-x）N_x diodes driven by a DC electric field was investigated.The current self-oscillation is associated with the negative differential velocity effect in the highly nonparabolic conduction band of this unique material system. The current self-oscillations and spatiotemporal current patterns in QW NEM p~＋pp~＋ diodes was studied by considering scattering contributions from impurities,acoustic phonons,and optic phonons.It is indicated that both the applied bias and the doping concentration strongly influence the patterns and self-oscillating frequencies.The NEM p~＋pp~＋ diode may be used as an electrically tunable THz source.Meanwhile,by using the Monte Carlo method, the device parameters of resonant-phonon THz QCLs were optimized.The results show that the calculated gain is more sensitive to the injection barrier width,the doping concentration,and the phonon extraction level separation, which is consistent with the experiments.

Design of Smith-Purcell emitter in femtosecond accelerator

Based on the femtosecond accelerator device, we are planning to build a broad band and tunable THz source using the Smith-Purcell radiation mechanism. Coherent Smith-Purcell radiation could be achieved owing to the super-short bunch produced in the device. To shorten the distance between the beam and grating, we use Transport to match the beta function producing a sheet beam on the grating surface. The optimization of grating length, groove depth and groove width are given in the paper. Then the radiation power for the shallow and deep grating using these parameters are presented. The detection devices and methods are also briefly discussed.