Quantum Statistical Properties of an FEL Amplifier

Abstract

We discuss the problem of photon quantum statistics of a single particle Free Electron Laser (FEL) amplifier in the small-signal cold beam regime to first order in the electron quantum recoil. The initial radiation wave is an arbitrary coherent state. We show that Glauber coherence is not preserved by the FEL interaction if the initial coherent state is not the vacuum even if we neglect the electron quantum recoil (absence of gain). We evaluate the first two moments of the final photon distribution and find sub (super)-poissonian photo statistics for negative (positive) resonance parameter. (JES)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA221733

Entities

People

  • A. Renieri
  • G. Dattoli
  • J. Gallardo
  • M. Richetta

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Coherent Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Lasers
  • Particles
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Quantum Properties
  • Quantum Statistical Mechanics
  • Quantum Yields
  • Radiation
  • Resonance
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Directed Energy
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  • Quantum Computing
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