The emission of high power terahertz (THz) radiation lying in the range of millimeter to submillimeter wavelengths has been studied analytically using the Langmuir wave as an electrostatic pump wave in the presence of static magnetic field for both finite and infinite geometries. The interaction of two laser beams with the relativistic electron beam leads to velocity modulation of the beam, which then translates into density modulation on traveling through the drift space. The premodulated beam on interacting with the pump wave acquires an oscillatory velocity that couples with the perturbed and modulated beam densities to result in nonlinear current density which helps in evaluating the growth rate and efficiency of the output THz radiation. The beam and plasma wave wiggler parameters are found to influence the growth rate and efficiency of the emitted THz radiation.

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In this article, we report the generation of terahertz (THz) radiation using the interaction of a laser-modulated relativistic electron beam (REB) with a surface plasma wave. Two laser beams propagating through the modulator interact with the REB, leading to velocity modulation of the beam. This results in pre-bunching of the REB. The pre-bunched beam travels through the drift space, where the velocity modulation translates into density modulation. The density-modulated beam, on interacting with the surface plasma pump wave, acquires an oscillatory velocity that couples with the modulated beam density to give rise to a nonlinear current density which acts as an antenna to give THz radiation. By optimizing the parameters of the beam and the wiggler, we obtain power of the order of 10 −4 using the current scheme. KEYWORDSfree-electron laser, surface plasma wave, terahertz radiation, wiggler 1

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