Free Electron Laser Stability Effects and Design of an Electrostatic Cathode Test Cell

Abstract

Developing the Free Electron Laser (FEL) as a weapon is of high interest to the United States Navy. This thesis aims to gain insight, through simulation of generic configurations of an oscillator and amplifier FEL, into the performance of an FEL and the effects of electron beam misalignments. It then compares simulation results to an existing experiment, and explores similarities and differences. Additionally, a new cathode test cell is designed. Electrostatic cathode test cell designs are proposed and a recommendation for future design and construction is made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA514263

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Edmonson Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Charged Particles
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Energy Transfer
  • Free Electron Lasers
  • Free Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Oscillators
  • Simulations
  • Wave Equations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics