Amplification and Superradiant Emission from a 33.3 GHz Free Electron Laser with a Reversed Axial Guide Magnetic Field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 240-244

  Conde, Manoel E ^a   Bekefi, George ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RELATIVITY;

HELICAL WIGGLER FIELDS; SUPERRADIANT EMISSIONS;

LASERS, FREE ELECTRON;

EID: 0026880964     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.142825     Document Type: Article

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