A low cross-polarization slot array antenna in the narrow wall of ridge waveguide is presented. A non-angled slot which is created in the narrow wall of the ridge waveguide is considered to be used as radiating resonant slot. The normalized resistance and normalized reactance curves are presented for design purposes. A six element slot array waveguide antenna with ridges on its narrow wall is t...

Copropagation of a laser pulse and a relativistic electron beam in a corrugated plasma channel has been proposed for the direct laser acceleration of electrons [Palastro, Phys. Rev. E 77, 036405 (2008)]. The corrugated plasma channel allows for the guiding of laser pulses composed of subluminal spatial harmonics. Phase matching between the electron beam and the spatial harmonics results in acce...

A hydrogen plasma waveguide for high-intensity laser pulses is described. The guiding channel is formed by a small-scale discharge in a hydrogen-filled capillary. The measured lifetime of the capillary is inferred to be greater than 10(6) shots. The results of interferometric measurements of the electron density in the capillary are presented. The guiding channel is found to be highly ionized w...

We investigate the performance of waveguide Bragg gratings as a function of imperfections introduced in the fabrication process. Effects of stitching errors introduced in the electron-beam and UV-lithography are discussed in details. OCIS codes: (050.2770) Gratings, (130.7408) Wavelength filtering devices, (220.3740) Lithography.

We report the observation of a strong wakefield induced energy modulation in an energy-chirped electron bunch passing through a dielectric-lined waveguide. This modulation can be effectively converted into a spatial modulation forming microbunches with a periodicity of 0.5-1 ps and, hence, capable of driving coherent terahertz radiation. The experimental results agree well with theoretical pred...

A simple model is derived to prove the multifilament structure of relativistic self-focusing with ultraintense lasers. Exact analytical solutions describing the transverse structure of waveguide channels with electron cavitation, for which both the relativistic and ponderomotive nonlinearities are taken into account, are presented.

A high-gain free-electron laser is modeled using an expansion of the radiation field in terms of guided Laguerre-Gaussian modes of a virtual dielectric waveguide E. Hemsing, A. Gover, and J. Rosenzweig, preceding paper, Phys Rev. A 77, 06383

We review our recent work on the various nonlinear optical processes that occur as an intense laser propagates through a relativistic plasma. These include the experimental observations of electron acceleration driven by laser-wakefield generation, relativistic self-focusing, waveguide formation and laser self-channeling.

The distributions of normal and tangential components of secondary electron velocity are found from known experimental data. These distributions are used for calculation of position, width and relative intensity of multipactor discharges zones. The calculations are performed for the vacuum waveguide of the CESR RF system.

A high-gain free-electron laser is modeled using an expansion of the radiation field in terms of guided Laguerre-Gaussian modes of a virtual dielectric waveguide E. Hemsing, A. Gover, and J. Rosenzweig, preceding paper, Phys Rev. A 77, 06383