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A high-power compact regenerative amplifier FEL

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/515649· OSTI ID:515649
The Regenerative Amplifier FEL (RAFEL) is a new FEL approach aimed at achieving the highest optical power from a compact rf-linac FEL. The key idea is to feed back a small fraction (< 10%) of the optical power into a high-gain ({approximately}10{sup 5} in single pass) wiggler to enable the FEL to reach saturation in a few passes. This paper summarizes the design of a high-power compact regenerative amplifier FEL and describes the first experimental demonstration of the RAFEL concept.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
515649
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--97-1743; CONF-970503--252; ON: DE97008208
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English