Plasma dynamics
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7004591
Relativistic electron beam research at M.I.T. focuses on the generation of intense coherent electromagnetic radiation in the centimeter, millimeter and submillimeter wavelength ranges. The primary radiation mechanism which is being studied at the present time is the free electron laser instability which is excited when an electron beam passes through a spatially periodic, transverse magnetic field (wiggler field). This instability is characterized by axial electron bunching and has emission wavelengths associated with the Doppler upshifted wiggler periodicity.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (USA). Research Lab. of Electronics
- OSTI ID:
- 7004591
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-217584/2/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
BEAMS
COHERENT RADIATION
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELECTRON BEAMS
ENERGY RANGE
EQUIPMENT
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
INSTABILITY
LASERS
LEPTON BEAMS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
PARTICLE BEAMS
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RADIATIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STABILITY
WIGGLER MAGNETS
426002* -- Engineering-- Lasers & Masers-- (1990-)
BEAMS
COHERENT RADIATION
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELECTRON BEAMS
ENERGY RANGE
EQUIPMENT
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
INSTABILITY
LASERS
LEPTON BEAMS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
PARTICLE BEAMS
PLASMA
RADIATIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STABILITY
WIGGLER MAGNETS