Fine Spectral Structure and Ultra-monochromatic Tunable Terahertz Radiation of the NovoFEL

Abstract

Laser nature of a continuous pulse-periodical radiation of the Novosibirsk free-electron laser (NovoFEL) appears in a good coherency of its many longitudinal modes. Filtration of one of the modes by a system of three resonance Fabry-Perot interferometers allows to create laser source with monochromaticity which is sufficient for typical high-resolution THz spectroscopy (≤ 2 ⋅ 10-7, ≤ 0.5 MHz). Features of the source compared to other alternative devices are a wide tuning range (1.5–3 THz) and much more high output power (up to 100 mW).