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Terahertz power

Although radiation at terahertz frequencies has many uses, most sources cannot generate terahertz beams with great power. Magnetic manipulation of energetic electrons inside a particle accelerator offers a solution.

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Sherwin, M. Terahertz power. Nature 420, 131–133 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420131a

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