Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams

Yan Lixin; Liu Zhuoyuan

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

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Yan Lixin, Liu Zhuoyuan. Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34: 104012. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

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Yan Lixin, Liu Zhuoyuan. Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34: 104012. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

Yan Lixin, Liu Zhuoyuan. Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34: 104012. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

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Yan Lixin, Liu Zhuoyuan. Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34: 104012. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

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Terahertz source based on relativistic electron beams

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220134

Accelerator Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received Date: 2022-04-30
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-27

Available Online: 2022-07-07

Publish Date: 2022-08-22

Abstract

Abstract

Terahertz radiation has important prospects in fundamental science and industrial applications, but traditional electronic and optical methods can hardly generate high-power, narrow-band and continuously tunable coherent terahertz radiation at 1−10 THz. Accelerator-based terahertz sources using relativistic ultrashort electron beams or pre-modulated electron bunch trains have the possibility to generate tunable high spectral energy density narrow-band terahertz radiation in the above-mentioned range. This article reviews the recent theoretical and experimental progresses of the Tsinghua University Accelerator Laboratory in accelerator terahertz sources based on relativistic electron beams, as well as the terahertz radiation measurement, beam diagnosis and advanced acceleration technologies developed together with the accelerator terahertz sources.
- terahertz radiation,
- high brightness electron beam,
- longitudinal bunch shaping,
- advanced acceleration technology

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