• DocumentCode
    1685742
  • Title

    A photonic free-electron laser

  • Author

    Denis, Thomas ; Van Dijk, Marc W. ; Lee, Joan H H ; Van der Slot, Peter J M ; Boller, Klaus-J

  • Author_Institution
    MESA+ Inst. for Nanotechnol., Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Sending electrons through photonic crystals (PhC) is of high interest for generating widely tunable, coherent light. We present the novel concept of a tunable laser based on Cerenkov radiation from electrons in a PhC.
  • Keywords
    Cherenkov radiation; electrons; free electron lasers; light coherence; photonic crystals; Cerenkov radiation; light coherence; photonic crystals; photonic free-electron laser; sending electrons; tunable laser; Electron beams; Free electron lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Photonics; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326874