Charged particles accelerated by wake fields in a dielectric resonator with exciting electron bunch channel

We have studied the acceleration of electrons by wake fields excited in a resonator by a train of electron bunches. The resonator comprised a cylindrical metal waveguide section, containing a dielectric sleeve with a vacuum channel and ends closed by metal walls. Expressions describing the wake field excited by uniformly moving exciting electron bunches have been derived. The self-consistent process of resonator excitation by a train of charged bunches and the particle acceleration in the excited wake field has been numerically simulated.     

Tenth-order rational-harmonic frequency multiplication and detuning of optical pulse injection-locked erbium-doped fiber laser

The jitter and frequency-detuning dynamics of a 10-GHz rational-harmonic frequency-multiplied pulse train generated from an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) is studied. The EDFL is self-feedback seeded and optically injection locked by a gain-switched laser diode (GSLD) with a pulse width and an average power of 17.6 ps and 0.2 mW, respectively, at a repetition frequency of 1 GHz. The repetition frequency of the optical pulse train can be tenth-order multiplied by a slight detuning of the repetition frequency of the GSLD to match the rational-harmonic injection-locked condition of the EDFL. As the repetition frequency is multiplied from 1 to 10 GHz, the peak power, the pulse width, and the frequency-detuning bandwidth of the injection-locked EDFL pulses decrease from 1.2 to 0.3 W, from 40 to 21 ps, and from 40 to 9 kHz, respectively. The timing jitter of the injection-locked EDFL repeated at 1 GHz remains unchanged (< 0.5 ps) within the detuning bandwidth, which inevitably increases to 1.2 ps after tenth-order multiplication.     

Compensating for frequency detuning in multibunch wakefield acceleration schemes

The wakefield electron acceleration scheme provides effective means of creating high accelerating field gradients in both dielectric-lined waveguide structures and plasma. We have studied the influence of errors in the structure of this scheme on the efficiency of energy transfer from the driving to witness (driven) electron bunches. Deviation of the wakefield frequency from the calculated optimum value leads to a misfit in the mutual positioning of bunches in the driving train and the corresponding decrease in the energy transformer ratio. It is suggested to compensate for the arising misfit by correcting distances between bunches in the driving train, with a resulting increase in the efficiency of energy transfer. Results of calculations are presented for a dielectric-filled 13-GHz structure with parameters of the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator.     

Criteria for the optimization of parameters of a multibunch scheme of wakefield acceleration

We propose criteria for the optimization of a wakefield acceleration scheme in a dielectric-lined waveguide structure, which is aimed at increasing the efficiency of energy transfer from the driving to witness (driven) electron bunches with simultaneous increase in the accelerating field gradient. It is suggested to use a multimode acceleration structure excited by a train of short electron bunches profiled in a special manner. The proposed scheme provides for a maximum energy transformer ratio simultaneously with an increase in the wakefield as compared to the values typical of the traditional linear acceleration scheme.     

Tunable wakefield waveguide structure with the possibility of mode selection

The possibility to control the frequency spectrum of Cherenkov radiation in a microwave wakefield dielectric waveguide with the aid of an external ferroelectric layer has been studied. Using the proposed multilayer waveguide structure in combination with a special configuration of control electrodes, it is possible both to adjust the wake field frequency spectrum and to attenuate the modes corresponding to beam-deflecting (defocusing) fields in the waveguide.     

Reflection and refraction of light at saturating active boundaries

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This study deals with the topic of reflection and refraction of light from the boundary of a high-gain saturating laser amplifier. Expressions for the electric field and intensity reflection and transmission coefficients are obtained for the case of a wave in a uniform dielectric that is incident normally on a nonlinear saturating active medium. Bistability effects are predicted even for the simplest case of zero frequency detuning from the line centre of the saturating transition.     

Laser-pulse-induced generation of attosecond electron bunches on crossing the vacuum–plasma boundary

Technical Physics Letters - A physical mechanism responsible for the self-injection of plasma electrons and the formation of ultrashort electron bunches in the wake wave generated by laser pulse...     

Design of atomic mirror for silicon atoms

Cook and Hill suggested that the gradient of an optical field can be used to reflect atoms. To reflect atoms, the repulsive dipole force is used, which comes from the interaction between the electric dipole moment of atoms and the evanescent field. The evanescent wave is generated when light is totally reflected internally at the interface of different refractive indices. Later, the way to enhance the evanescent wave with a thin dielectric waveguide has been reported. We designed the atomic mirror for silicon atoms, whose structure enhances the evanescent field that is used to repel silicon atoms. We also set up the equations of motion for silicon atoms and derive trajectories of the atoms reflected by the atomic mirror. Optical intensity, incident angle of the light, and effective detuning are described in terms of controlling the trajectory of the atom.     

Design of atomic mirror for silicon atoms

Abstract

Cook and Hill suggested that the gradient of an optical field can be used to reflect atoms. To reflect atoms, the repulsive dipole force is used, which comes from the interaction between the electric dipole moment of atoms and the evanescent field. The evanescent wave is generated when light is totally reflected internally at the interface of different refractive indices. Later, the way to enhance the evanescent wave with a thin dielectric waveguide has been reported. We designed the atomic mirror for silicon atoms, whose structure enhances the evanescent field that is used to repel silicon atoms. We also set up the equations of motion for silicon atoms and derive trajectories of the atoms reflected by the atomic mirror. Optical intensity, incident angle of the light, and effective detuning are described in terms of controlling the trajectory of the atom.     

Optical bistability and multistability driven by external magnetic field in a dielectric slab doped with nanodiamond nitrogen vacancy centres

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The theoretical investigation of controlling the optical bistability (OB) and optical multistability (OM) in a dielectric medium doped with nanodiamond nitrogen vacancy centres under optical excitation are reported. The shape of the OB curve from dielectric slab can be tuned by changing the external magnetic field and polarization of the control beam. The effect of the intensity of the control laser field and the frequency detuning of probe laser field on the OB and OM behaviour are also discussed in this paper. The results obtained can be used for realizing an all-optical bistable switching or development of nanoelectronic devices.     

Optimizing nonstationary 38-GHz pulse-train relativistic backward wave oscillator with low guiding magnetic field

Characteristics of a compact relativistic backward wave oscillator (BWO) operating in the 8-mm wavelength range have been optimized using the results of experimental investigation and numerical simulations. The coefficient of electron beam power conversion into microwave pulses close to unity is obtained for electrons transported in inhomogeneous magnetic field (2.2–1.7 T) below the cyclotron resonance level. In a regime of train generation at a repetition frequency of 10 Hz, the peak power of ～250-ps electromagnetic pulses amounted to 450–600 MW. Numerical simulations show good prospects for obtaining peak powers above 100-MW level using a BWO with a beam-focusing system based on high-coercivity permanent magnets.     

Numerical Study on the Suppression of the Oscillating Wake of a Square Cylinder by a Traveling Wave Wall

Traveling waves generated on the side surfaces of a square cylinder are employed to suppress the oscillating wake for improving the flow behavior around a square cylinder; this method is termed the traveling wave wall (TWW) method. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the key parameters of TWW on the control of aerodynamic forces and the oscillating wake of the flow around a square cylinder. Unsteady numerical analyses at a low Reynolds number (Re) of 100 were performed using a two-dimensional CFD simulation. First, the grid independence and time step independence tests of the simulation were conducted to verify the rationality of the solving parameter settings, and the validation of flow around the fixed square cylinder at Re =100 was carried out. Subsequently, the lift and drag coefficients and the vortex shedding modes under different combinations of three TWW control parameters, including wave velocity, wave amplitude, and wavenumber, were analyzed in detail. The results show that TWW can remarkably reduce the mean value of drag coefficient and the RMS value of the lift coefficient by more than 12% compared to the method involving a standard square cylinder. Two peaks occur in the lift coefficient spectrum, with the low frequency corresponding to the vortex shedding frequency in the wake of the flow around the square cylinder and the high frequency corresponding to the traveling wave frequency. The vorticity contours show that the alternating vortices in the wake of the square cylinder are not completely suppressed under the selected control parameters.     

Magnetic-type resonance in nonmagnetic line wire excited by surface plasmons in microwave range

A magnetic resonance microwave response has been detected and identified in a structure of parallel nonmagnetic wires or a single line wire perpendicular to the electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave in the case where the wires are arranged near an array (grating) of resonant surface-plasmon-generating elements and oriented along the direction of wave propagation. A giant resonance is observed for a definite (resonance) length of the wire(s) in a certain frequency range corresponding to the existence of surface plasmons (below the resonance frequency of the plasmon-generating array). It is suggested that the magnetic response of the wire(s) is due to the excitation of resonance currents by the magnetic field of surface plasmons. Using the observed phenomena, it is possible to obtain new magnetic metamaterials (in particular, those possessing simultaneously negative effective dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability) tunable in a broad frequency range.     

Variety of nonlinear wave-breaking

We discuss the formation of typical (structurally stable) singularities in nonlinear wave breaking in stable and unstable media. The wake wave-break due to the inhomogeneity of the Langmuir frequency is accompanied by electron injection into the acceleration phase. In a wake wave excited behind a finite width laser pulse, the wave-breaking mechanism involves the increase, with the distance behind the pulse, of the curvature of the wake front, followed by the self-intersection of the electron trajectories. In the long wavelength limit, the Weibel instability which leads to the generation of a strong magnetic field, the relativistic self focusing and the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of a thin plasma slab provide examples of a common behavior with the rarefaction wave-breaking in unstable media. We present a solution of the Cauchy problem that describes the evolution of nonlinear perturbations of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in terms of analytical functions of a complex variable.     

无反射层泡沫夹层结构设计及吸波性能研究EI北大核心CSCD

针对无反射层的电磁隐身需求,本工作对透波层/吸波泡沫/透波层的夹层结构的吸波性能进行仿真计算,据此制备不同电磁参数的吸波泡沫,对其进行电磁特性表征,并研究吸波泡沫夹层结构的雷达散射截面(RCS)性能。结果表明:在吸波泡沫介电常数为2.3~2.7,介电损耗为0.24~0.26时,无反射层的夹层结构在宽频范围内具有最优的吸波性能。加入炭黑吸收剂泡沫的介电常数和介电损耗具有明显的变化规律,吸波PMI泡沫的电磁特性与仿真计算最优吸波泡沫较接近。炭黑质量分数为8%时吸波PMI泡沫夹层结构在2~18 GHz频率范围内具有最优的隐身性能,与仿真计算结果相对应,其通过低频透波、高频吸波实现电磁波隐身。     

Spontaneous emission from a three-level atom placed in three-dimensional photonic crystals in the long-time limit

The paper describes the spontaneous emission from a three-level atom placed in a periodic dielectric microstructure which exhibits a complete three-dimensional photonic band gap. By using the Euler approach, the upper level population of the atom is calculated for a wide range of relationships between the Rabi frequency and the detuning of the atomic transition frequency from the upper band edge. The results indicate that there are three cases of the relationship between Rabi frequency and detuning, which determine distinctive states of the atomic population in the long-time limit. When the detuning is greater than the Rabi frequency, the upper level has a zero steady-state atomic population, which leads to enhancement of spontaneous emission. When the magnitude of the detuning is less than the Rabi frequency, the upper level has a nonzero steady-state atomic population, which leads to suppression of spontaneous emission. When the negative detuning is greater than the Rabi frequency, the upper level has a nondecaying oscillatory-state atomic population due to long-time atomic splitting. These three properties of the spontaneous emission are relevant to several optical devices on an atomic scale, such as optical memories, switches and clocks.     

Using two-dimensional Bragg structures for the synchronization of radiation in planar backward wave oscillators

We propose to use two-dimensional Bragg resonance structures for the spatial synchronization of emission in planar backward wave oscillators (BWOs) pumped by wide sheet electron beams. It is demonstrated that the synchronization regime is stable with respect to changes in the detuning between the free-running BWO generation frequency and the Bragg frequency.     

波浪锥型圆柱流固耦合振动机理研究EI北大核心CSCD

为增强及控制无叶片风力俘能结构能量采集效率,该研究将表面结构斜率参数引入波浪型圆柱,发展了一种新型波浪锥型圆柱,试验研究在雷诺数Re=3900下不同波长比、波幅比、斜率参数的波浪锥型圆柱涡激振动响应特性。研究发现:在不同折合流速下,斜率k=0.05的锥型圆柱和波长比λ/D _(m)=1.75、波幅比α/D _(m)=0.10、斜率k=0.05的波浪锥型圆柱最大振幅较直圆柱分别增长26.4%和12.6%,且锁频区间得以拓展;当折合流速在锁频区间内时,在波浪锥型圆柱绕流尾流中观察到了“2S”、“2P”漩涡脱落模式,并且“2P”漩涡脱落模式在往下游发展的过程中有转变为“2C”模式的趋势。该研究可为无叶片风力俘能结构涡致振动的增大和发电效率的提升提供理论支持。     

The status and evolution of plasma Wakefield particle accelerators

The status and evolution of the electron beam-driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration scheme is described. In particular, the effects of the radial electric field of the wake on the drive beam such as multiple envelope oscillations, hosing instability and emission of betatron radiation are described. Using ultra-short electron bunches, high-density plasmas can be produced by field ionization by the electric field of the bunch itself. Wakes excited in such plasmas have accelerated electrons in the back of the drive beam to greater that 4 G eV in just 10 cm in experiments carried out at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre.     

Generation of a superstable Lorentzian pulse train with a high repetition frequency based on a Fabry-Perot resonator integrated with an electro-optic phase modulator

A simple technique for converting a continuous-wave laser beam into a stable Lorentzian pulse train with a high repetition frequency is demonstrated experimentally. We generated transform-limited pulses of up to 40 GHz, which were composed of higher-order sidebands produced by a Fabry-Perot resonator integrated with an electro-optic phase modulator (EOM). The rf power supplied to the EOM determines the pulse width in the pulse train. This approach enables the pulse width to be continuously tuned from 2.1 to 7.0 ps at the same repetition frequency without any wavelength shift. Furthermore, we experimentally evaluated the stability of the pulse train's amplitude and obtained stable bit-error-free operation at 9.95 GHz.