DEMONSTRATION OF A NEW FREE-ELECTRON-LASER HARMONIC INTERACTION

被引:23
作者
BLUEM, H [1 ]
JACKSON, RH [1 ]
FREUND, HP [1 ]
PERSHING, DE [1 ]
GRANATSTEIN, VL [1 ]
机构
[1] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.824
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The first experimental demonstration of a harmonic free-electron-laser amplifier utilizing a periodic position instability is described for a planar wiggler configuration. The interaction occurs at the even harmonics of the fundamental. A maximum gain of 7 dB was observed over a frequency band ranging from 14 to 15 GHz. The experimental results are compared with predictions from the three-dimensional simulation code WIGGLIN with excellent agreement. Improvements due to a tapered wiggler for this interaction are discussed.
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