Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser

doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/3.555998

Title: Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser

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In the strong-slippage regime of a free-electron laser, the optical pulse inside the resonator is composed of a series of subsequently growing and decaying subpulses due to a limit-cycle oscillation. The picosecond time structure of the outcoupled pulses can be quite different from that of the intracavity pulse, in case of outcoupling through a hole and for specific resonator parameters. This is demonstrated by autocorrelation measurements and corroborated by simulations.

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Weits, H H; Knippels, G M.H.; Werkhoven, G H.C. van; Oepts, D; Amersfoort, P.W. van ^[1]

FOM Inst. voor Plasmafysica Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein (Netherlands)

Publication Date:: 1997-03-01

OSTI Identifier:: 471087

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1997

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER CAVITIES; OPTICAL MODES; LASER RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES

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                    Weits, H H, Knippels, G M.H., Werkhoven, G H.C. van, Oepts, D, and Amersfoort, P.W. van. Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser.  United States: N. p., 1997. 
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                    Weits, H H, Knippels, G M.H., Werkhoven, G H.C. van, Oepts, D, & Amersfoort, P.W. van. Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/3.555998

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                    Weits, H H, Knippels, G M.H., Werkhoven, G H.C. van, Oepts, D, and Amersfoort, P.W. van. Sat .  
        "Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/3.555998.

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@article{osti_471087,

  title        = {Differences between intra- and extra-cavity pulse time structure in a hole-coupled free-electron laser},

  author       = {Weits, H H and Knippels, G M.H. and Werkhoven, G H.C. van and Oepts, D and Amersfoort, P.W. van},

  abstractNote = {In the strong-slippage regime of a free-electron laser, the optical pulse inside the resonator is composed of a series of subsequently growing and decaying subpulses due to a limit-cycle oscillation. The picosecond time structure of the outcoupled pulses can be quite different from that of the intracavity pulse, in case of outcoupling through a hole and for specific resonator parameters. This is demonstrated by autocorrelation measurements and corroborated by simulations.},

  doi          = {10.1109/3.555998},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/471087},
  journal      = {IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics},
number       = 3,

  volume       = 33,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {1997},

  month        = {3}

}

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