Coherent THz Transition Radiation

This book is intended especially for students and
researchers working with generation, interpretation
and applications of THz transition radiation. It
concentrates in much detail on theoretical and
experimental discussions of coherent THz femtosecond
transition radiation from ultrashort electron pulses
and will serve as a guide for experimental design to
generate and characterize such radiation with
detailed interpretations. Experimental results of
non-destructive diffraction radiation are also
discussed in much detail. In one of its applications,
coherent transition radiation is being used for
longitudinal beam diagnostics, especially bunch
length measurement with femtosecond pulse resolution.
Complete performance, analyses and limitations of
bunch length measurements via the autocorrelation
technique will be presented in this book. The feature
of femtosecond THz pulse is exploited in an example
application to material science measuring the complex
dielectric constant of materials with discussion of
its experimental setup and results. The possibility
to create stimulated transition radiation will be
introduced with experimental results to demonstrate
its feasibility.

Autorentext

Dr. Chitrlada T. Settakorn received her Ph.D. in Applied Physics
(2001) from Stanford University, California, USA. At present, she
is an assistant professor at the department of Physics and
Materials Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Klappentext

This book is intended especially for students andresearchers working with generation, interpretationand applications of THz transition radiation. Itconcentrates in much detail on theoretical andexperimental discussions of coherent THz femtosecondtransition radiation from ultrashort electron pulsesand will serve as a guide for experimental design togenerate and characterize such radiation withdetailed interpretations. Experimental results ofnon-destructive diffraction radiation are alsodiscussed in much detail. In one of its applications,coherent transition radiation is being used forlongitudinal beam diagnostics, especially bunchlength measurement with femtosecond pulse resolution.Complete performance, analyses and limitations ofbunch length measurements via the autocorrelationtechnique will be presented in this book. The featureof femtosecond THz pulse is exploited in an exampleapplication to material science measuring the complexdielectric constant of materials with discussion ofits experimental setup and results. The possibilityto create stimulated transition radiation will beintroduced with experimental results to demonstrateits feasibility.