Measurements of microwave power and frequency in a pulsed free electron laser amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1419-1424

  Gardelle, Jacques ^a   Lefevre, Thibaut ^a   Marchese, Gérard ^a   Rullier, Jean Luc ^a   Donohue, John T ^a  

^a CEA/Ctr d'Ktudes Scientifiques T   (France)

Author keywords

Free electron lasers; Laser stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETRONS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

HELICAL WIGGLERS; LASER STABILITY;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0031364987     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.650912     Document Type: Article

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