Smith-Purcell radiation from helical grating to generate wideband vortex beams

Zhu, Juan-Feng and Du, Chao-Hai and Zhang, Zi-Wen and Liu, Pun-Kun and Zhang, Liang and Cross, Adrian W. (2021) Smith-Purcell radiation from helical grating to generate wideband vortex beams. Optics Letters, 46 (18). pp. 4682-4685. ISSN 0146-9592 (https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.434794)

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Abstract

A broadband vortex beam generator provides a promising solution for various applications. Due to its azimuthal phase perturbation, the helical grating is an ideal structure to support the orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode. Since the space-charge wave of the free electron bunch inherently covers a wide frequency range, the free-electron-driven devices can be utilized to generate broadband radiation. This work presents a wideband tunable multi-mode vortex beam generatorbased on the Smith-Purcell radiation (SPR) from a helical grating. The generated broadband vortex radiation presents prominent flexibility in the manipulation of frequency, topological charge, and radiation direction. The frequency range and the topological charge depend on the operating harmonic order, operating voltage, and structural parameters. The radiation direction varies with the operating frequency and covers a wide range in each band. Moreover, the proposed principle can be scaled to the terahertz frequency band. This work advances the application of vortex beam in the millimeter wave-terahertz communication system.

ORCID iDs

Zhu, Juan-Feng, Du, Chao-Hai, Zhang, Zi-Wen, Liu, Pun-Kun, Zhang, Liang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-0395 and Cross, Adrian W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7672-1283;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:77708
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 September 2021
    Published
    13 August 2021
    Published Online
    13 August 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:08 Sep 2021 11:48
    Last modified:22 Nov 2024 01:17
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/77708
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