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Title: Optical characteristics of super-radiant harmonic radiation from a FEL and optical klystron. 3D model

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5626999

In free-electron sources of coherent light, bunching of the electrons allows the super-radiant production of coherent harmonic radiation, up to substantially high harmonic numbers. This paper presents a fully three dimensional model formulation for evaluating coherent harmonic radiation from a free-electron laser or optical klystron. The radiated electromagnetic field is expanded in terms of a set of orthonogonal free-space modes. Expansion coefficients can be evaluated once a generalized form of the FEL pendulum equation has been solved numerically. Preliminary numerical computation of the electron bunching are given. The super-radiant radiation is characterized in terms of spectral brightness parameters and the enhancement in this factor for super-radiant emission as compared to conventional harmonic wiggler radiation is estimated.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
5626999
Report Number(s):
BNL-38232; CONF-860316-10; ON: DE86012713
Resource Relation:
Conference: Topical meeting on short wave length coherent radiation, Monterey, CA, USA, 24 Mar 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English