Design of High-Average-Power Near-Millimeter Free Electron Laser Oscillators Using Short-Period Wigglers and Sheet Electron Beams

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 399-415

  Freund, Henry P ^c   Antonsen, Thomas M ^b   Bidwell, Steven W ^b   Carmel, Yuval ^b   Destler, William W ^b   Granatstein, Victor L ^b   Latham, Peter E ^b   Levush, Baruch ^b   Mayergoyz, Isaak D ^b   Serbeto, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; LIGHT--OPTICAL RESONATORS; MAGNETS; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

RF LOSSES; WIGGLERS;

LASERS, FREE ELECTRON;

EID: 0025447132     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.55909     Document Type: Article

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