Spontaneous and stimulated emission induced by an electron, electron bunch, and electron beam in a plasma

M.V. Kuzelev^a, A.A. Rukhadze^b, a
^aLomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Leninskie Gory 1 build. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^bProkhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

Two fundamental mechanisms — the Cherenkov effect and anomalous Doppler effect — underlying the emission by an electron during its superluminal motion in medium are considered. Cherenkov emission induced by a single electron and a small electron bunch is spontaneous. In the course of spontaneous Cherenkov emission, the translational motion of an electron is slowed down and the radiation energy grows linearly with time. As the number of radiating electrons increases, Cherenkov emission becomes stimulated. Stimulated Cherenkov emission represents a resonance beam instability. This emission process is accompanied by longitudinal electron bunching in the beam or by the breaking of an electron bunch into smaller bunches, in which case the radiation energy grows exponentially with time. In terms of the longitudinal size $L_e$ of the electron bunch there is a transition region $\lambda < {L_e} < \lambda\delta_0^{-1}$ between the spontaneous and stimulated Cherenkov effects, where $\lambda$ is the average radiation wavelength, and $\delta_0$ is the dimensionless (in units of the radiation frequency) growth rate of the Cherenkov beam instability. The range to the left of this region is dominated by spontaneous emission, whereas the range to the right of this region is dominated by stimulated emission. In contrast to the Vavilov — Cherenkov effect, the anomalous Doppler effect should always (even for a single electron) be considered as stimulated, because it can only be explained by accounting for the reverse action of the radiation field on the moving electron. During stimulated emission in conditions where anomalous Doppler effect shows itself, an electron is slowed down and spins up; in this case, the radiation energy grows exponentially with time.

PACS: 41.60.−m, 52.35.−g, 52.40.Mj (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n10ABEH006634
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2008/10/b/
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Citation: Kuzelev M V, Rukhadze A A "Spontaneous and stimulated emission induced by an electron, electron bunch, and electron beam in a plasma" Phys. Usp. 51 989–1018 (2008)

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Оригинал: Кузелев М В, Рухадзе А А «Спонтанное и вынужденное излучение электрона, электронного сгустка и электронного пучка в плазме» УФН 178 1025–1055 (2008); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0178.200810b.1025

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