Monte Carlo calculations and experimental setup for a Smith–Purcell experiment in Bucharest and Athens

Abstract

A study of energy spectra (Smith–Purcell power, energy peaks, and shape of the spectra) is performed using a Monte Carlo simulation method. This was done in order to examine the dependence from the experimental parameters. The setup for an experiment looking for Smith–Purcell radiation in the IR and FIR region is also presented. Experiment is taking place at the beginning of year 2000 in Bucharest (Romania) at the National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, at the betatron facilities of the Electron Accelerator Laboratory with an electron beam up to 30 MeV. This experiment will be continued later on in Athens (Greece), at the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications (IASA) with a linac delivering up to 10 MeV CW electron beam.