Efficient terahertz oscillation using a half-period staggered grating resonator

Abstract

A highly efficient terahertz (THz) radiation mechanism is studied with the use of strong interaction between convection electrons and a half-period phase-shifted grating resonator. The large fraction of the fundamental TE mode is longitudinally polarized, and it excites the intense plasma–terahertz wave coupling at the shallow grating, which enables highly efficient RF generation at a relatively low operating voltage. A particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation predicts that the half-period phase-staggered grating resonator generates 0.22 THz wave with output power exceeding 100 W and interaction efficiency of more than 15% at a low beam acceleration voltage of 5.2 kV.