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Free electron laser with masked chicane

Patent ·
OSTI ID:20013829
A free electron laser (FEL) is provided with an accelerator for outputting electron beam pulses; a buncher for modulating each one of the electron beam pulses to form each pulse into longitudinally dispersed bunches of electrons; and a wiggler for generating coherent light from the longitudinally dispersed bunches of electrons. The electron beam buncher is a chicane having a mask for physically modulating the electron beam pulses to form a series of electron beam bunches for input to the wiggler. In a preferred embodiment, the mask is located in the chicane at a position where each electron beam pulse has a maximum dispersion.
Research Organization:
LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
LANL; EDB-00:006231
Patent Number(s):
NONE
Application Number:
Int. Cl. H01S 3/02; US 5,956,353/A/; 8-915,235
OSTI ID:
20013829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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