Strong Submillimeter Radiation from Intense Relativistic Electron Beams.

Abstract

Radiation from an intense relativistic electron beam at submillimeter wavelengths has been measured with bandpass and high-pass filters. Radiated power about 100 kW has been measured in the passband 390 micrometers - 540 micrometers. The generation of this radiation depends on giving the electrons a large energy component transverse to the magnetic field. Coherent wave generation mechanisms which may account for the observed radiation are discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784996

Entities

People

  • M. Herndon
  • R. K. Parker
  • S. P. Schlesinger
  • Victor L. Granatstein

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Filters
  • High Pass Filters
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Micrometers
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation
  • Terahertz Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics