Transverse mode dynamics in a free electron laser
Abstract
The most general equations of motion for the electrons and the electromagnetic field in a free electron laser including the effects of diffraction and pulse propagation. The field evolution is expressed in terms of the amplitudes and phases of a complete set of transverse modes is derived. The analytic solution is given in the small signal regime, where the theory is shown to be in excellent agreement with a recent experiment at Orsay.
- Publication:
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Stanford Univ. Report
- Pub Date:
- August 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983stan.reptQ....E
- Keywords:
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- Amplitudes;
- Diffraction Propagation;
- Electromagnetic Pulses;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Free Electron Lasers;
- Wave Propagation;
- Amplification;
- Dynamic Characteristics;
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Electrons;
- Frequencies;
- Laser Outputs;
- Matrices (Mathematics);
- Pulses;
- Lasers and Masers