Traveling wave oscillations in the optical region: a theoretical examination
- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 44 (4) , 1664-1665
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1662427
Abstract
The interaction of an electron beam with the optical field of a periodically perturbed dielectric thin‐film waveguide is considered. When the electron velocity is nearly equal to that of one of the spatial harmonics of the field, a coherent exchange of energy can take place. This interaction, which can lead in principle to a voltage‐tunable optical oscillation, is examined in the light of presently available thin‐film techniques. An estimate of the oscillation threshold is made.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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