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Observation of frequency chirping and phase of a free electron laser amplifier

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OSTI ID:51865
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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
The authors report observations of frequency chirping and phase of a free electron laser amplifier operating in the Raman regime. The FEL is driven by a mildly relativistic electron beam (750 kV, 25 ns) subjected to a combined axial magnetic field and a helical wiggler field. The input into the FEL amplifier is provided by a high power magnetron tuned to a frequency of 33.39 GHz. Phase and frequency shifts are measured both as a function of time and interaction length. It is found that in the Group 1 regime of FEL operation the output frequency is upshifted by {approximately}100 MHz, but smaller upshifts are observed in the Group 2 or the Reversed Field configurations.
OSTI ID:
51865
Report Number(s):
CONF-940142--; ISBN 0-8194-1449-2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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