Experimental demonstration of emission from a superluminal polarization current - a new class of solid-state source for MHz-THz and beyond

Author

Singleton, J. ; Ardavan, A. ; Ardavan, H. ; Fopma, J. ; Halliday, Douglas ; Hayes, W.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

591

Lastpage

592

Abstract

We describe the polarization synchrotron, an experimental implementation of a superluminal (faster than light in vacuo) polarization current distribution that both oscillates and undergoes centripetal acceleration. The prototype machine produces tightly-beamed monochromatic radiation in the 100s of MHz range. The technique should also have applications as a broad-band GHz-THz source.

Keywords

current distribution; electromagnetic wave polarisation; light sources; superradiance; synchrotron radiation; MHz-THz solid-state source; broadband GHz-THz source; centripetal acceleration; polarization synchrotron; prototype machine; superluminal polarization current distribution; tightly beamed monochromatic radiation; Acceleration; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Laboratories; Optical polarization; Solid state circuits; Strips; Synchrotrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422229

Filename

1422229