Principles of Free-electron Lasers

Principles of Free-electron Lasers
Author: H.P. Freund
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1996-08-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780412725401

This book is the definitive tutorial text and reference work on free electron lasers. Since the publication of the first edition in 1992 there has been a significant increase both in the number of free-electron lasers in use worldwide, and in the understanding of the various regimes for these devices. In order to maintain the position of this book as the most comprehensive and thorough reference and tutorial in the field, the authors have completely updated the book. In addition to updates and corrections to chapters in the first edition, new chapters have been added.

Principles of Free Electron Lasers

Principles of Free Electron Lasers
Author: Henry P. Freund
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 747
Release: 2023-09-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031409450

This book presents a comprehensive description of the physics of free-electron lasers starting from the fundamentals and proceeding through detailed derivations of the equations describing electron trajectories, and spontaneous and stimulated emission. Linear and nonlinear analyses are described, as are detailed explanations of the nonlinear simulation of a variety of configurations including amplifiers, oscillators, self-amplified spontaneous emission, high-gain harmonic generation, and optical klystrons. Theory and simulation are anchored using comprehensive comparisons with a wide variety of experiments.

Classical Relativistic Electrodynamics

Classical Relativistic Electrodynamics
Author: Toshiyuki Shiozawa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662062615

An advanced course of classical electrodynamics with application to the generation of high-power coherent radiation in the microwave to optical-wave regions. Specifically, it provides readers with the basics of advanced electromagnetic theory and relativistic electrodynamics, guiding them step by step through the theory of free-electron lasers. The theoretical treatment throughout this book is fully developed by means of the usual three-dimensional vector calculus.

Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime

Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime
Author: Peter Schmüser
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319040812

The main goal of the book is to provide a systematic and didactic approach to the physics and technology of free-electron lasers. Numerous figures are used for illustrating the underlying ideas and concepts and links to other fields of physics are provided. After an introduction to undulator radiation and the low-gain FEL, the one-dimensional theory of the high-gain FEL is developed in a systematic way. Particular emphasis is put on explaining and justifying the various assumptions and approximations that are needed to obtain the differential and integral equations governing the FEL dynamics. Analytical and numerical solutions are presented and important FEL parameters are defined, such as gain length, FEL bandwidth and saturation power. One of the most important features of a high-gain FEL, the formation of microbunches, is studied at length. The increase of gain length due to beam energy spread, space charge forces, and three-dimensional effects such as betatron oscillations and optical diffraction is analyzed. The mechanism of Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission is described theoretically and illustrated with numerous experimental results. Various methods of FEL seeding by coherent external radiation are introduced, together with experimental results. The world’s first soft X-ray FEL, the user facility FLASH at DESY, is described in some detail to give an impression of the complexity of such an accelerator-based light source. The last chapter is devoted to the new hard X-ray FELs which generate extremely intense radiation in the Angstrøm regime. The appendices contain supplementary material and more involved calculations.

Free Electron Lasers 2002

Free Electron Lasers 2002
Author: K.-J. Kim
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 762
Release: 2003-08-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780444514172

This book contains the Proceedings of the 24th International Free Electron Laser Conference and the 9th Free Electron Laser Users Workshop, which were held on September 9-13, 2002 at Argonne National Laboratory. Part I has been reprinted from Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 507 (2003), Nos. 1-2.

Synchrotron Radiation and Free-Electron Lasers

Synchrotron Radiation and Free-Electron Lasers
Author: Kwang-Je Kim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-03-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107162610

Preliminary concepts -- Synchrotron radiation -- Basic FEL physics -- 1D FEL analysis -- 3D FEL analysis -- Harmonic generation in high-gain FELs -- FEL oscillators and coherent hard X-rays -- Practical considerations and experimental results for high-gain FELs