Particle accelerator on a chip fabrication and characterization of a three-dimensional photonic crystal accelerator
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Charged particles are currently accelerated by microwave radiation generated in large klystrons. This is very reminiscent of vacuum tube diodes on which early computers relied. Can particle accelerator technology follow the shift that drove the semiconductor industry from vacuum tubes to solid state devices? Can particle accelerators benefit from the high energy density provided by lasers at optical and infrared wavelengths? Can dielectric materials replace the metallic waveguides allowing us to utilize the high peak powers available in lasers today? In making this jump from microwave to infrared wavelengths, a decrease of 10,000 times in wavelength, entirely new fabrication technologies are needed. And entirely new physics must be applied in transitioning from metals to dielectrics. This thesis focuses on the fabrication and characterization of a three-dimensional photonic crystal designed for accelerating electrons. We present the design for a woodpile structure with a waveguide or defect that supports an accelerating mode. This mode has a speed-of-light phase velocity and longitudinal electric field. It has an estimated accelerating gradient of 351 MV/m. The 17 layer woodpile structure was fabricated at the Stanford Nanofabrication facility using semiconductor processing techniques. The structure was fabricated in a layer-by-layer approach resulting in two half-structures which were then aligned and bonded together. Three versions of structures were fabricated with operating wavelengths of 3.45, 3.95, and 4.94 [micrometers]. Optical characterization of these structures was performed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Simulations show good agreement with the measurements when the structure parameters are modeled appropriately. Finally, an optical parametric oscillator was built for studying the defect modes in the structure.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | McGuinness, Christopher |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Chao, Alex |
| Thesis advisor | Ruth, Ronald D |
| Advisor | Chao, Alex |
| Advisor | Ruth, Ronald D |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Christopher McGuinness. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Applied Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2012. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Christopher Michael McGuinness
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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