A novel high power terahertz surface wave oscillator was proposed to obtain the high power terahertz wave sources with high efficiency in steady state. The device consists of a large cross-section(overmoded)slow wave system(SWS)with a unique profile of wall radius specifically designed to support surface wave and to provide a strong beam-wave coupling at moderate voltage. This kind of SWS can decrease the field strength in the structure efficiently and enhance the power capacity of device in the THz regime. A comprehensive method is employed to avoid mode competition in this overmoded situation
that is
to move the operating point to the upper cut off of the transmission band of dispersion curve and to ensure only the TM
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mode owns the characteristic of slow surface wave. The 2.5D particle-in-cell simulation program UNIPIC is used to study the
effects of device parameters which are critical to the optimization of output power in a prototype 0.14THz surface wave oscillator. A set of optimal operating parameters are achieved. Under the condition of 500 kV voltage and 1.5 kA current
the output power of 42 MW is achieved at the frequency of 0.14THz in the TM
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mode with perfect time plot and fine spectrum characteristic.
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