Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation

The ultra-short electron beams, produced through the velocity bunching compression technique at the SPARC_LAB test Facility (Frascati, Italy), are used to produce Coherent Transition Radiation in the terahertz (THz) range. This paper reports on the main features of this THz source, which have a spec...

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Main Authors: Flavio Giorgianni, Maria Pia Anania, Marco Bellaveglia, Angelo Biagioni, Enrica Chiadroni, Alessandro Cianchi, Maddalena Daniele, Mario Del Franco, Domenico Di Giovenale, Giampiero Di Pirro, Massimo Ferrario, Stefano Lupi, Andrea Mostacci, Massimo Petrarca, Stefano Pioli, Riccardo Pompili, Vladimir Shpakov, Cristina Vaccarezza, Fabio Villa
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-02-01
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/2/56
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spelling doaj-3417c0c17e784b0e9f0ae045914b414d2020-11-24T23:05:51ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172016-02-01625610.3390/app6020056app6020056Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal ManipulationFlavio Giorgianni0Maria Pia Anania1Marco Bellaveglia2Angelo Biagioni3Enrica Chiadroni4Alessandro Cianchi5Maddalena Daniele6Mario Del Franco7Domenico Di Giovenale8Giampiero Di Pirro9Massimo Ferrario10Stefano Lupi11Andrea Mostacci12Massimo Petrarca13Stefano Pioli14Riccardo Pompili15Vladimir Shpakov16Cristina Vaccarezza17Fabio Villa18National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Department of Physics, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale A. Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyINFN and Department of Physics, “Tor Vergata” University, via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyNational Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) and Department of Physics, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale A. Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, ItalyINFN and Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa 14, 00161 Rome, ItalyINFN and Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering (SBAI), “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via A. Scarpa 14, 00161 Rome, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyFrascati National Laboratories, INFN, via Enrico Fermi 40, I-00044 Frascati, ItalyThe ultra-short electron beams, produced through the velocity bunching compression technique at the SPARC_LAB test Facility (Frascati, Italy), are used to produce Coherent Transition Radiation in the terahertz (THz) range. This paper reports on the main features of this THz source, which have a spectral coverage up to 5 THz, a pulse duration down to 100 fs, and an energy per pulse on the order of tens of μJ. These figures of merits open the possibility to apply this source for nonlinear and THz pump-probe experiments in Solid-State Physics and material science.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/2/56terahertzterahertz sourceelectron beamsultrashort pulses
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author Flavio Giorgianni
Maria Pia Anania
Marco Bellaveglia
Angelo Biagioni
Enrica Chiadroni
Alessandro Cianchi
Maddalena Daniele
Mario Del Franco
Domenico Di Giovenale
Giampiero Di Pirro
Massimo Ferrario
Stefano Lupi
Andrea Mostacci
Massimo Petrarca
Stefano Pioli
Riccardo Pompili
Vladimir Shpakov
Cristina Vaccarezza
Fabio Villa
spellingShingle Flavio Giorgianni
Maria Pia Anania
Marco Bellaveglia
Angelo Biagioni
Enrica Chiadroni
Alessandro Cianchi
Maddalena Daniele
Mario Del Franco
Domenico Di Giovenale
Giampiero Di Pirro
Massimo Ferrario
Stefano Lupi
Andrea Mostacci
Massimo Petrarca
Stefano Pioli
Riccardo Pompili
Vladimir Shpakov
Cristina Vaccarezza
Fabio Villa
Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
Applied Sciences
terahertz
terahertz source
electron beams
ultrashort pulses
author_facet Flavio Giorgianni
Maria Pia Anania
Marco Bellaveglia
Angelo Biagioni
Enrica Chiadroni
Alessandro Cianchi
Maddalena Daniele
Mario Del Franco
Domenico Di Giovenale
Giampiero Di Pirro
Massimo Ferrario
Stefano Lupi
Andrea Mostacci
Massimo Petrarca
Stefano Pioli
Riccardo Pompili
Vladimir Shpakov
Cristina Vaccarezza
Fabio Villa
author_sort Flavio Giorgianni
title Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
title_short Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
title_full Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
title_fullStr Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
title_full_unstemmed Tailoring of Highly Intense THz Radiation Through High Brightness Electron Beams Longitudinal Manipulation
title_sort tailoring of highly intense thz radiation through high brightness electron beams longitudinal manipulation
publisher MDPI AG
series Applied Sciences
issn 2076-3417
publishDate 2016-02-01
description The ultra-short electron beams, produced through the velocity bunching compression technique at the SPARC_LAB test Facility (Frascati, Italy), are used to produce Coherent Transition Radiation in the terahertz (THz) range. This paper reports on the main features of this THz source, which have a spectral coverage up to 5 THz, a pulse duration down to 100 fs, and an energy per pulse on the order of tens of μJ. These figures of merits open the possibility to apply this source for nonlinear and THz pump-probe experiments in Solid-State Physics and material science.
topic terahertz
terahertz source
electron beams
ultrashort pulses
url http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/6/2/56
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