CERENKOV WAKES IN A MAGNETIZED PLASMA FOR HIGH POWER RADIATION GENERATION

该研究计划的目标是探索一种新的辐射机制的物理学，并证明其作为高功率辐射源的可行性。 特别地，将使用强激光脉冲来激发穿过DC磁场传播的激光韦克菲尔德。 产生的韦克菲尔德耦合到等离子体/真空边界处的电磁辐射。 预计将产生并探测到1兆瓦级的太赫兹辐射，其脉冲持续几百皮秒。

The objectives of this research program are to explore the physics of a new radiation mechanism and to demonstrate its viability as a source of high power radiation. In particular, an intense laser pulse will be used to excite a laser wakefield propagating across a DC magnetic field. The resulting wakefield couples to electromagnetic radiation at the plasma/vacuum boundary. It is anticipated that teraHertz radiation at the level of one megaWatt will be generated and detected in pulses lasting a few hundred picoseconds.