Observation of the reversed Cherenkov radiation

Zhaoyun Duan; Xianfeng Tang; Zhanliang Wang; Yabin Zhang; Xiaodong Chen; Min Chen; Yubin Gong

doi:10.1038/ncomms14901

Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Observation of the reversed Cherenkov radiation

Zhaoyun Duan,
Xianfeng Tang,
Zhanliang Wang,
Yabin Zhang,
Xiaodong Chen,
Min Chen,
Yubin Gong

Affiliations

Zhaoyun Duan: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Xianfeng Tang: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Zhanliang Wang: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Yabin Zhang: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Xiaodong Chen: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Min Chen: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yubin Gong: National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics in Chengdu, Institute of High Energy Electronics, School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14901
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Reversed Cherenkov radiation has not been observed due to the absence of suitable all-metal left-handed materials for beam transport and suitable couplers for extracting the signal. Here, Duanet al. develop a metamaterial to observe reversed Cherenkov radiation using real charged particles.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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