Compact, high-power electron beam based terahertz sources

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1666-1678

  Biedron, Sandra G ^a   Lewellen, John W ^a   Milton, Stephen Val ^a   Gopalsami, Nachappa ^a   Schneider, John F ^a   Skubal, Laura ^a   Yuelin, Li ^a   Virgo, Mathew ^a,c   Gallerano, Gian Piero ^b   Doria, Andrea ^b   Giovenale, Emilio ^b   Messina, Giovanni ^b   Spassovsky, Ivan Panov ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunching; Coherent radiation; Electron beam; Free electron laser; Intense particle beams; Radiation sources; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

BUNCHING; COHERENT RADIATION; INTENSE-PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION SOURCE; TERA HERTZ;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 54949117451     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.898858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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