Classical theory of a free-electron laser
Abstract
We present a completely classical analysis of the small-signal regime of a free-electron laser. It is explicitly shown that the amplification is due to stimulated scattering produced by a bunching of the electron distribution.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- September 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(76)90283-2
- Bibcode:
- 1976OptCo..18..413H
- Keywords:
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- Electron Bunching;
- Free Electrons;
- Laser Outputs;
- Light Amplifiers;
- Light Scattering;
- Stimulated Emission;
- Bremsstrahlung;
- High Energy Electrons;
- Relativistic Plasmas;
- Lasers and Masers