Cyclotron auto resonance maser and free electron laser devices: a unified point of view
Abstract
We take advantage of previous research in the field of cyclotron auto resonance maser (CARM) and undulator-based free electron laser (U-FEL) sources to establish a common formalism for the relevant description of the underlying physical mechanisms. This strategy is aimed at stressing the deep analogies between the two devices and at providing a practical tool for their study based on the use of well-tested scaling formulae developed independently for the two systems.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377816001239
- Bibcode:
- 2017JPlPh..83a9002D
- Keywords:
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- plasma diagnostics;
- plasma heating;
- plasma interactions