SUPERRADIANT EVOLUTION OF RADIATION PULSES IN A FREE-ELECTRON LASER

被引:97
作者
BONIFACIO, R
PIOVELLA, N
MCNEIL, BWJ
机构
[1] Università di Milano, 20133 Milano
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R3441
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate analytically and numerically superradiant spiking behavior in the leading and trailing regions of a radiation pulse propagating within a long electron pulse in a single-pass, high-gain free-electron laser (FEL). A single superradiant spike is observed when the radiation pulse is shorter than a cooperation length L(c). We show this work may be relevant to the understanding of the spiking behavior in the FEL oscillator, and to possible spiking mechanisms in a perturbed steady-state amplifier.
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页码:R3441 / R3444
页数:4
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