Tutorial on classical free electron laser theory

1985 ◽  
Vol 237 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.B. Colson
Keyword(s):  
Free Electron ◽  
Free Electron Laser ◽  
Laser Theory

Harmonic generation in the free-electron laser. Theory of the quasiperiodic wiggler

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 3143-3149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazim Al-Abawi ◽  
Gerald T. Moore ◽  
Marlan O. Scully
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Generation ◽  
Free Electron ◽  
Free Electron Laser ◽  
Laser Theory

scholarly journals A Review of High-Gain Free-Electron Laser Theory

Atoms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Nicola Piovella ◽  
Luca Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Emission ◽  
Free Electron ◽  
Free Electron Laser ◽  
Amplified Spontaneous Emission ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Free Electron Lasers ◽  
Undulator Radiation ◽  
Laser Theory ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Single Pass

High-gain free-electron lasers, conceived in the 1980s, are nowadays the only bright sources of coherent X-ray radiation available. In this article, we review the theory developed by R. Bonifacio and coworkers, who have been some of the first scientists envisaging its operation as a single-pass amplifier starting from incoherent undulator radiation, in the so called self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) regime. We review the FEL theory, discussing how the FEL parameters emerge from it, which are fundamental for describing, designing and understanding all FEL experiments in the high-gain, single-pass operation.

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