Free Electron Lasers

Abstract

Free electron lasers (FELs) comprised a class of potentially efficient devices capable of generating high quality coherent radiation, continuously tunable from the microwave region of the x-ray region, at high average and/or high peak power. A short description of the physics of the FEL and its applications are described in this paper. The FEL is now becoming a research tool rather than a pure research topic. The light properties at the currently funded FEL user facilities are listed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 09, 1991
Accession Number
ADA230817

Entities

People

  • Cha-Mei Tang

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coherent Radiation
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Phase Velocity
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics