Free-electron lasers and applications; Proceedings of the Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 18, 19, 1990

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5771409

Prosnitz, D

The capabilities of several operating free-electron lasers (FEL) are described, along with a projection of the performance of new facilities currently under construction in the United States and Japan. The state of FEL theory is reviewed, results of FEL performance modeling are described, and unconventional FELs are analyzed, as well as the quantum-kinetic theory of free-electron lasing in a longitudinal electric wiggler and the generation of spontaneous emission using a plasma wave undulator. Research areas where FELs can be of utility, ranging from high-power millimeter-wave heating of tokamaks to X-ray holography to extreme-ultraviolet projection lithography, are presented. Very-short-wavelength high-power coherent FEL sources are considered, and the challenges inherent in the construction and operation of these FELs are covered, along with potential solutions.

• OSTI ID: 5771409
• Report Number(s): CONF-900140--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
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