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Hybrid cerenkov mode in a resonant medium
1School of Electrical Engineering and Laboratory of Plasma Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Abstract:
Energy stored in a resonant medium may be used to amplify the Cerenkov radiation generated by a small driving bunch. The hybrid eigenmode of the system is a combination of Cerenkov radiation and eigenmode of the resonant medium. In the vicinity of the resonant frequency of the medium and when Cerenkov condition is satisfied, the eigenfrequency has an imaginary part. The latter occurs in a relatively limited range of energies of the driving bunch and it depends on the guiding geometry and on the population inversion. Simulation results of electron acceleration using this eigenmode are presented.
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