Coherent Cerenkov radiation and laser oscillation in a photonic crystal
Optics
2016-12-07 v2
Abstract
We demonstrate that photonic crystals can be used to generate powerful and highly coherent laser radiation when injecting a beam of free electrons. Using theoretical investigations we present the startup dynamics and coherence properties of such laser, in which gain is provided by matching the optical phase velocity in the photonic crystal to the velocity of the electron beam.
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@article{arxiv.1608.06502,
title = {Coherent Cerenkov radiation and laser oscillation in a photonic crystal},
author = {T. Denis and M. V. van Dijk and J. H. H. Lee and R. van der Meer and A. Strooisma and P. J. M. van der Slot and W. L. Vos and K. J. Boller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06502},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, 5 figures