Feasibility of dc to visible high-power conversion employing a stimulated Compton free electron laser with a waveguided CO2 laser pump wave and an axial electric field
Abstract
We examine the feasibility of high power generation of visible radiation by a process of applying an axial accelerating electric field on electrons trapped in the ponderomotive potential of a Compton scattering free electron laser. We consider a scheme where the pump (wiggler) field is produced by a high-power pulsed CO2 laser and the signal wave is the radiation of a high-power pulsed dye laser. We propose to use a hollow dielectric waveguide in order to overcome the pump wave diffraction and obtain a long interaction length.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1982
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.331586
Entities
People
- A. Gover
- Chai AMei Tang
- Phillip A. Sprangle
Organizations
- Tel Aviv University
- United States Naval Research Laboratory