Experiment on the electromagnetic radiation excited in an electron beam‐ion channel system

Abstract

An experimental study on electromagnetic (EM) radiation in an electron beam‐ion channel system is reported, which indicates the same result predicted by our previous theory. The system is formed in an arc plasma jet with a plasma density of 1017m−3, and the electron beam is driven by a voltage pulse of 20 kV. The result shows that the system can excite EM radiation in the range of the plasma frequency. The scheme is also hopeful to be used for generating high‐frequency and wide‐band EM radiation up to terahertz by enhancing the plasma density.