Three-dimensional simulations of coherent Smith-Purcell radiation using a particle-in-cell code

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 769-775

  Gardelle, Jacques ^a   Donohue, J T ^b  

^a CEA CESTA   (France)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic simulation; Particle in cell (PIC) code; Sheet beam; Smith Purcell (SP) radiation

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; COHERENT RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; MICROWAVE DOMAINS; NEW THEORY; PARTICLE IN CELL CODES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) CODE; ROUND BEAMS; SHEET BEAM; SMITH-PURCELL (SP) RADIATION; SMITH-PURCELL RADIATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 67349203267     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2015406     Document Type: Article

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