Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Real-time ultrafast oscilloscope with a relativistic electron bunch train

  • In Hyung Baek,
  • Hyun Woo Kim,
  • Hyeon Sang Bark,
  • Kyu-Ha Jang,
  • Sunjeong Park,
  • Junho Shin,
  • Young Chan Kim,
  • Mihye Kim,
  • Key Young Oang,
  • Kitae Lee,
  • Fabian Rotermund,
  • Nikolay A. Vinokurov,
  • Young Uk Jeong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27256-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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A travelling wave inside a metal slit can reveal its own waveform by probing deflecting motions of charged particles. Here, a real-time THz oscilloscope was demonstrated by utilizing the relativistic electrons and the subwavelength slit waveguide.