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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Space-Time Wave Packets from Smith-Purcell Radiation.

Yi Ji Tan, Prakash Pitchappa, Nan Wang, Ranjan Singh, Liang Jie Wong

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Space-Time Wave Packets from Smith-Purcell Radiation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yi Ji TanInstitute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore, 138634, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6454-6059
Prakash PitchappaInstitute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore, 138634, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6168-4130
Nan WangInstitute of Microelectronics, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore, 138634, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1285-7530
Ranjan SinghSchool of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 637371, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8068-7428
Liang Jie WongSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-9456

Funding

Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchScience and Engineering Research Council A18A5b0056Science and Engineering Research Council A1984c0043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Space-time wave packets are electromagnetic waves with strong correlations between their spatial and temporal degrees of freedom. These wave packets have gained much attention for fundamental properties like propagation invariance and user-designed group velocities, and for potential applications like optical microscopy, micromanipulation, and laser micromachining. Here, free-electron radiation is presented as a natural and versatile source of space-time wave packets that are ultra-broadband and highly tunable in frequency. For instance, ab initio theory and numerical simulations show that the intensity profile of space-time wave packets from Smith-Purcell radiation can be directly tailored through the grating properties, as well as the velocity and shape of the electron bunches. The result of this work indicates a viable way of generating space-time wave packets at exotic frequencies such as the terahertz and X-ray regimes, potentially paving the way toward new methods of shaping electromagnetic wave packets through free-electron radiation.

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electron bunchesfree electron radiationnanophotonic light sourcesoptical waveshapingspace-time wave packetsterahertzX-ray

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PMID34658164
PMCPMC8596120

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