THz Cherenkov radiation from electron beam excitation of surface plasmon polaritons

Letizia, Rosa and Stoja, Endri (2014) THz Cherenkov radiation from electron beam excitation of surface plasmon polaritons. In: 7th European/UK-China Workshop on Millimeter Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT 2014), 2014-09-022014-09-04, Qingcheng Mountain.

Abstract

We investigate the use of InSb on a dielectric substrate to generate Cherenkov radiation by using electron beam excited surface plasmon polaritons in the THz range. The radiation is tunable in a wide range of frequency by changing both the beam energy and the doping level of the semiconductor.