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Generation of high-power electromagnetic radiation by a beam-driven plasma antenna. / Annenkov, V. V.; Volchok, E. P.; Timofeev, I. V.
In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 58, No. 4, 045009, 05.02.2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Generation of high-power electromagnetic radiation by a beam-driven plasma antenna
AU - Annenkov, V. V.
AU - Volchok, E. P.
AU - Timofeev, I. V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. Copyright: Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/2/5
Y1 - 2016/2/5
N2 - In this paper we study how efficiently electromagnetic radiation can be generated by a relativistic electron beam with a gigawatt power level during its injection into a thin magnetized plasma. It is shown that, if the transverse beam and plasma size is compared with the radiation wavelength and the plasma density is modulated along the magnetic field, such a beam-plasma system can radiate electromagnetic waves via the antenna mechanism. We propose a theoretical model describing generation of electromagnetic waves by this plasma antenna and calculate its main radiation characteristics. In the two-dimensional case theoretical predictions on the radiation efficiency are shown to be confirmed by the results of particle-in-cell simulations, and the three-dimensional variant of this theory is used to estimate the peak power of sub-terahertz radiation that can be achieved in beam-plasma experiments in mirror traps.
AB - In this paper we study how efficiently electromagnetic radiation can be generated by a relativistic electron beam with a gigawatt power level during its injection into a thin magnetized plasma. It is shown that, if the transverse beam and plasma size is compared with the radiation wavelength and the plasma density is modulated along the magnetic field, such a beam-plasma system can radiate electromagnetic waves via the antenna mechanism. We propose a theoretical model describing generation of electromagnetic waves by this plasma antenna and calculate its main radiation characteristics. In the two-dimensional case theoretical predictions on the radiation efficiency are shown to be confirmed by the results of particle-in-cell simulations, and the three-dimensional variant of this theory is used to estimate the peak power of sub-terahertz radiation that can be achieved in beam-plasma experiments in mirror traps.
KW - beamplasma interaction
KW - electromagnetic radiation
KW - plasma antenna
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UR - https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=27137524
U2 - 10.1088/0741-3335/58/4/045009
DO - 10.1088/0741-3335/58/4/045009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961575147
VL - 58
JO - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
JF - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
SN - 0741-3335
IS - 4
M1 - 045009
ER -
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