Cylindrical periodic surface lattice as a metadielectric : concept of a surface-field Cherenkov source of coherent radiation

Konoplev, I. V. and MacLachlan, A. J. and Robertson, Craig and Cross, A. W. and Phelps, A. D. R. (2011) Cylindrical periodic surface lattice as a metadielectric : concept of a surface-field Cherenkov source of coherent radiation. Physical Review A, 84 (1). 013826. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.013826)

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Abstract

A two-dimensional (2D), cylindrical, periodic surface lattice (PSL) forming a surface field cavity is considered. The lattice is created by introducing 2D periodic perturbations on the inner surface of a cylindrical waveguide. The PSL facilitates a resonant coupling of the surface and near cutoff volume fields, leading to the formation of a high-Q cavity eigenmode. The cavity eigenmode is described and investigated using a modal approach, considering the model of a cylindrical waveguide partially loaded with a metadielectric. By using a PSL-based cavity, the concept of a high-power, 0.2-THz Cherenkov source is developed. It is shown that if the PSL satisfies certain defined conditions, single-mode operation is observed.

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Konoplev, I. V., MacLachlan, A. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8960-1683, Robertson, Craig ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3552-466X, Cross, A. W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283 and Phelps, A. D. R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-1012;
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