• DocumentCode
    1109647
  • Title

    An upper limit to the gain-energy acceptance product of the free electron laser

  • Author

    Grover, Lov K. ; Pantell, Richard H.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    789
  • Lastpage
    792
  • Abstract
    We show that the gain-energy acceptance product of the uniform wiggler FEL is a maximum with respect to variations in phase shift or dispersion along the length, and any additional phase shift or dispersion cannot increase this product. For example, in the case of an optical klystron, the gain is increased by introducing a dispersive section, but the gain-energy acceptance product falls to less than that of the uniform wiggler FEL.
  • Keywords
    Free electron lasers; Dispersion; Electromagnetic scattering; Electron beams; Electron optics; Feedback amplifiers; Free electron lasers; Klystrons; Optical feedback; Stimulated emission; Undulators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1986.1073059
  • Filename
    1073059