1. Smith-Purcell radiation from time grating
- Author
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Zhu, Juan-Feng, Nussupbekov, Ayan, Zhou, Wenjie, Song, Zicheng, Wang, Xuchen, Zhang, Zi-Wen, Du, Chao-Hai, Bai, Ping, Png, Ching Eng, Qiu, Cheng-Wei, and Wu, Lin
- Subjects
Physics - Optics ,Physics - Applied Physics ,Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
Smith-Purcell radiation (SPR) occurs when an electron skims above a spatial grating, but the fixed momentum compensation from the static grating imposes limitations on the emission wavelength. It has been discovered that a temporally periodic system can provide energy compensation to generate light emissions in free space. Here, we introduce temporal SPR (t-SPR) emerging from a time grating and propose a generalized t-SPR dispersion equation to predict the relationship between radiation frequency, direction, electron velocity, modulation period, and harmonic orders. Compared to conventional SPR, t-SPR can: 1) Provide a versatile platform for manipulating SPR emission through temporal modulation (e.g., period, amplitude, wave shape). 2) Exhibit strong robustness to the electron-grating separation, alleviating the constraints associated with extreme electron near-field excitation. 3) Introduce additional energy channels through temporal modulation, enhancing and amplifying emission., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures
- Published
- 2023