2-D Nonlinear Theory of the Free Electron Laser Amplifier for an Electron Beam with Finite Axial and Transverse Dimensions.

Abstract

This paper treats the growth of the radiation field in two-dimensions of a free electron laser on an electron beam with finite axial and transverse dimensions in the amplifying configuration. The general, self-consistent, nonlinear analysis includes various efficiency enhancement schemes, diffraction and refraction. In the axially symmetric, low gain, resonant macro particle limit, we obtain an analytical expression for the gain. An illustration at 10.6 micrometers is given. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114220

Entities

People

  • Cha-Mei Tang
  • Phillip A. Sprangle

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Amplitude
  • California
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Lasers
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Radiation
  • Two Dimensional
  • Universities

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  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Directed Energy
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