Coherent spontaneous emission and spontaneous phase locking in a free-electron laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-26

  Weits, H H ^a   Oepts, D ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Free electron lasers; Phase jitter; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

COHERENT SPONTANEOUS LIGHT EMISSION; SPONTANEOUS PHASE LOCKING;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 0032804329     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.737614     Document Type: Article

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