Coherence and statistical properties of photon beams with application to the free-electron laser

Conference · Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6042422

Bhattacharjee, A; Gjaja, I

In this paper, we review the theory of coherence and statistics of photon beams in general, with application to the FEL in particular. As far as the general theory is concerned, this paper may be regarded as a poor man's version of existing wisdom in quantum optics. The attempts here has been to distill the existing principles in a compact, self-contained way that will enable one to use them for a light source such as the FEL, which is the application of interest in this paper. If the paper succeeds in generating some interest on quantum optics FEL's and in FEL enthusiasts for quantum optics, it will have served its purpose.

• Research Organization: Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 (US)
• OSTI ID: 6042422
• Report Number(s): CONF-8707208-
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States), Vol. 184:2; Conference: U.S. Particle Accelerator School: physics of particle accelerators, Batavia, IL, USA, 20 Jul - 14 Aug 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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