Planar Sub-THz/Sub-GW Cherenkov Masers with Two-Dimensional Distributed Feedback Based on the ELMI Accelerator: Current Tasks of Implementation
摘要
The development of powerful, spatially extended Cherenkov masers of planar geometry is currently underway in a collaboration between the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Novosibirsk and the Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics in Nizhny Novgorod, based on the ELMI accelerator of 1 MeV/5–7 kA/3 μs. The projects use a two-dimensional distributed feedback mechanism implemented in 2D periodic slow-wave structures to ensure radiation coherence under conditions of a substantial increase in the space of interaction. This work presents results from simulations and optimization aimed at enhancing the power output and increasing the stability of the narrow-band regime of generation in the developed relativistic masers. The current stage of their experimental implementation is discussed.