A THz vacuum electronic source based on field emission cathodes

Author

Lin, Ming-Chieh ; Huang, Kuo-Hua ; Lin, Pei-Yi ; Lu, Pu-Shih ; Teng, Ju-Chun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Fu Jeng Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

683

Lastpage

684

Abstract

We propose a vacuum electronic device based on field emission mechanism for the generation or amplification of THz waves. The field emission electrons are bunching and synchronizing with THz wave through well-tailored metallic structures. The interacting structures are designed via many numerical simulations (cold test). The verification of the generation of THz waves is done using a 3D finite-difference time-domain particle-in-cell code MAGIC.

Keywords

cathodes; electron field emission; finite difference time-domain analysis; slow wave structures; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave tubes; 3D finite difference time domain analysis; THz vacuum electronic device; THz vacuum electronic source; THz wave amplification; THz wave generation; bunching; cold test; field emission cathodes; field emission electrons; field emission mechanism; metallic structures; numerical simulations; particle-in-cell code MAGIC; Cathodes; Coupling circuits; Dispersion; Electron emission; Finite difference methods; Frequency synchronization; Masers; Numerical simulation; Resonance; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422275

Filename

1422275