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TY - CONF AU - Healy, A.L. AU - Burt, G. AU - Graham, D.M. AU - Jamison, S.P. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Arduini, Gianluigi ED - Pranke, Juliana ED - Seidel, Mike ED - Lindroos, Mats TI - Group Velocity Matching in Dielectric-Lined Waveguides and its Role in Electron-THz Interaction J2 - Proc. of IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14â19 May, 2017 C1 - Copenhagen, Denmark T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 8 LA - english AB - Terahertz(THz)-driven dielectric-lined waveguides have applications in electron manipulation, particularly acceleration, as the use of dielectric allows for phase velocities below the speed of light. However matching a single frequency to the correct velocity does not maximise electron-THz interaction; waveguide dispersion typically results in an unmatched group velocity and so the pulse envelope of a short THz pulse changes along the length of the structure. This reduces field amplitude and therefore accelerating gradient as the envelope propagates at a different velocity to the electron. Presented here is an analysis of the effect of waveguide dispersion on THz-electron interaction and its influence on structure dimensions and choice of THz pulse generation. This effect on net acceleration is demonstrated via an example of a structure excited by a single-cycle THz pulse, with a comparison of multi-cycle, lower intensity THz pulses on net acceleration. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 3296 EP - 3298 DA - 2017/05 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-182-3 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-WEPVA019 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2017/papers/wepva019.pdf ER -