Photon Statistical Properties of an Optical Wiggler Free Electron Laser
Abstract
The Free Electron Laser Hamiltonian is used to study the statistical properties of the photons emitted in a scattering process between a coherent electromagnetic wave (optical wiggler) and a counter-propagating relativistic electron beam. It is shown that the probability distribution of exchanged photons is binomal and that coherent states are preserved by the Free Electron Laser interaction only in the absence of gain. Reprints. (JHD)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA221735
Entities
People
- G. Dattoli
- J. Gallardo
Organizations
- University of California, Santa Barbara