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Longitudinally Polarised Terahertz Radiation for Relativistic Particle Acceleration

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Authors:
  1. Matthew. J Cliffe

    1. School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester , Manchester, United Kingdom

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Manchester, UK
  • Develops a technique for creating shorter electron bunches for ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy
  • Presents a scheme for generating single-cycle terahertz radiation with amplitude an order of magnitude higher than from existing sources
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 1-13

  3. Theoretical Background

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 15-50

  4. Experimental Apparatus

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 51-57

  5. Radiation Propagation Simulation

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 59-83

  6. ALICE Energy Modulation Induced by Terahertz Radiation (AEMITR)

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 85-98

  7. Photoconductive Antenna Generation

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 99-122

  8. Non-linear Optical Crystal Generation

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 123-141

  9. Conclusions and Future Work

    • Matthew J. Cliffe
    Pages 143-144

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 145-150
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About this book

This book elaborates on the acceleration of charged particles with ultrafast terahertz electromagnetic radiation. It paves the way for new, and improves many aspects of current, accelerator applications. These include providing shorter electron bunches for ultrafast time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, enabling complex longitudinal profiles to be imparted onto charged particle bunches and significantly improving the ability to synchronise an accelerator to an external laser.


The author has developed new sources of terahertz radiation with attractive properties for accelerator-based applications. These include a radially biased large-area photoconductive antenna (PCA) that provided the largest longitudinally polarised terahertz electric field component ever measured from a PCA. This radially biased PCA was used in conjunction with an energy recovery linear accelerator for electron acceleration experiments at the Daresbury Laboratory. To achieve even higher longitudinally polarised terahertz electric field strengths, and to be able to temporally tune the terahertz radiation, the author investigated generation within non-linear optical crystals. He developed a novel generation scheme employing a matched pair of polarity inverted magnesium-oxide doped stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals, which made it possible to generate longitudinally polarised single-cycle terahertz radiation with an electric field amplitude an order of magnitude larger than existing sources.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester , Manchester, United Kingdom

    Matthew. J Cliffe

About the author

Matthew J. Cliffe obtained a physics degree from the University of Hertfordshire in 2010. Subsequently he moved to The University of Manchester to study for an M.Sc. in Photon Science. After its successful completion Matthew remained at Manchester to undertake a Ph.D. in terahertz physics, supervied by Dr. D. M. Graham, Prof. W. R. Flavell and Dr. S. P. Jamison. During his Ph.D. he developed terahertz radiation sources and diagnostic techniques for accelerator applications at Daresbury Laboratory. In 2015 Matthew started working as a postdoctoral research associate at The Cockcroft Institute in the field of ultrafast terahertz generation for particle acceleration.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Longitudinally Polarised Terahertz Radiation for Relativistic Particle Acceleration

  • Authors: Matthew. J Cliffe

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48643-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48642-0Published: 18 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83983-7Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48643-7Published: 11 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 150

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics, Applied and Technical Physics

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