INDUCED AND SPONTANEOUS INTERPULSE PHASE LOCKING IN A FREE-ELECTRON LASER

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作者
OEPTS, D
BAKKER, RJ
JAROSZYNSKI, DA
VANDERMEER, AFG
VANAMERSFOORT, PW
机构
[1] FOM-Instituut voor Plasmafysica Rijnhuizen, Associatie Euratom-FOM, 3430 BE Nieuwegein
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3543
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present the first experimental demonstration of phase locking between successive optical micro-pulses in a free-electron laser in which the electron pulses are separated by a fraction of the optical-cavity round-trip time. A Fox-Smith interferometer arrangement has been used to induce a high degree of interpulse phase coherence. Surprisingly, a substantial amount of coherence has also been observed without the phase-locking arrangement. A tentative explanation of this phenomenon is given.
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页码:3543 / 3546
页数:4
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