Giant Relativistic Enhancement of Terahertz (THz) Radiation Yields 20 Watts of Average Power
Abstract
We present calculations and measurements that confirm the production up to 20 watts of coherent broadband THz radiation from super-radiant synchrotron radiation. Furthermore, the radiation is fully spatially coherent allowing the phase as well as the amplitude to be determined. This striking improvement in producing a level of power >4 orders of magnitude higher than hitherto reported is expected to revolutionize imaging applications by allowing full-field, real-time capture. The production can be understood in a simple phenomenological way in terms of the relativistic enhancement of emission from accelerated electrons.
- Publication:
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APS March Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- March 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002APS..MARS21002M