Optical passive and active acceleration structures: a 
                        tutorial
                          Levi Schächter 
                          Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) 
                        (published online Feb. 15, 2008) 
                        This tutorial focuses on the new opportunities that may 
                        be harnessed when the operating wavelength of 
                        acceleration structures is reduced by more than 5 orders 
                        of magnitude from tens of centimeters to a fraction of a 
                        micro-meter. On the one hand, we show how a Bragg 
                        waveguide may be adapted to work as an acceleration 
                        structures and on the other hand, we examine particle 
                        acceleration by stimulated emission of radiation - a 
                        novel acceleration paradigm demonstrated recently. 
                        Implications on future medical accelerators are 
                        discussed. 

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                        doi:10.1117/12.761987 





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