Spectrally shaped THz pulses from tapered dielectric waveguides

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Main Authors: Peetermans, Karel, Richards, Jonah, Kellermeier, Max, Floettmann, Klaus, Lemery, Francois
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author Peetermans, Karel
Richards, Jonah
Kellermeier, Max
Floettmann, Klaus
Lemery, Francois
author_facet Peetermans, Karel
Richards, Jonah
Kellermeier, Max
Floettmann, Klaus
Lemery, Francois
contents In order to exploit the complete scientific potential of user-oriented accelerator facilities, it is necessary to provide adequate pump sources to enable pump-probe science. The users of the European XFEL have requested a THz pump source matching the X-ray repetition rate (10 Hz burst mode with up to 2700 bunches per burst) with a wide range of properties. The quest for suitable THz sources is thus a major development goal. The EuXFEL R\&D project STERN is exploring beam-based radiation generation methods using Cherenkov waveguides to satisfy these user requirements. In this work, custom waveguide geometries are designed to generate a THz pulse with arbitrary spectral content. The layer-thickness or inner radius of a wakefield structure is tapered to generate flattop or Gaussian pulses up to $1 \ \mathrm{THz}$, which can be scaled to higher frequencies.
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spellingShingle Spectrally shaped THz pulses from tapered dielectric waveguides
Peetermans, Karel
Richards, Jonah
Kellermeier, Max
Floettmann, Klaus
Lemery, Francois
Accelerator Physics
In order to exploit the complete scientific potential of user-oriented accelerator facilities, it is necessary to provide adequate pump sources to enable pump-probe science. The users of the European XFEL have requested a THz pump source matching the X-ray repetition rate (10 Hz burst mode with up to 2700 bunches per burst) with a wide range of properties. The quest for suitable THz sources is thus a major development goal. The EuXFEL R\&D project STERN is exploring beam-based radiation generation methods using Cherenkov waveguides to satisfy these user requirements. In this work, custom waveguide geometries are designed to generate a THz pulse with arbitrary spectral content. The layer-thickness or inner radius of a wakefield structure is tapered to generate flattop or Gaussian pulses up to $1 \ \mathrm{THz}$, which can be scaled to higher frequencies.
title Spectrally shaped THz pulses from tapered dielectric waveguides
topic Accelerator Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17975