Coherent and tunable radiation with power enhancement from surface plasmon polaritons Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2014CB339801), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61231005, 11305030, and 612111076), and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2011AA010204)

Surface plasmon polaritons excited by an electron beam can be transformed into coherent and tunable light radiation waves with power enhancement in the simple structure of a metal film with a dielectric medium loading. In this paper, the process of the radiation transformation of this radiation, and...

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Published in:Chinese physics B 2015-05, Vol.24 (7)
Main Authors: Gong, Sen, Zhong, Ren-Bin, Hu, Min, Chen, Xiao-Xing, Zhang, Ping, Zhao, Tao, Liu, Sheng-Gang
Format: Article
Language:English
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electron beam
power enhancement
radiation
surface plasmon polaritons
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Summary:Surface plasmon polaritons excited by an electron beam can be transformed into coherent and tunable light radiation waves with power enhancement in the simple structure of a metal film with a dielectric medium loading. In this paper, the process of the radiation transformation of this radiation, and the dependencies of the radiation characteristics on the parameters of the structure and the electron beam are studied in detail. The radiation power enhancement is greatly influenced by the beam energy and the film thickness in the infrared to ultraviolet frequency region. Up to 122 times radiation power enhancement and 6.5% radiation frequency tuning band can be obtained by optimizing the beam energy and the parameters of the film.
ISSN:1674-1056
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/24/7/077302