Theory of synchrotron amplifiers with mode degeneracy
Abstract
Numerical simulation is used to analyze the physical processes that occur in a synchrotron amplifier with mode degeneracy which operates by exploiting collective synchrotron radiation from relativistic electrons. The kinetic energy of the electron beam can be converted into electromagnetic energy with high efficiency (30 percent). The influence of electron bunching on the frequency, angular, and polarization characteristics of the directed coherent emission is analyzed. Because the amplifier can be used to adjust the directional pattern of the radiation, the electromagnetic field can be concentrated as required both inside the device and in the surrounding space.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ZhTFi..54..541K
- Keywords:
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- Light Amplifiers;
- Relativistic Electron Beams;
- Synchrotron Radiation;
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Electron Bunching;
- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Kinetic Energy;
- Mathematical Models;
- Lasers and Masers