Performance and design concepts of a free electron laser operating in the x-ray region

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2988, Issue , 1997, Pages 2-14

  Cornacchia, Max ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Free Electron Lasers; X rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAMS; WIGGLERS;

ACCELERATORS; AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; COHERENT RADIATIONS; DESIGN CONCEPTS; DESIGN STUDIES; FREE ELECTRONS; HIGH BRIGHTNESSES; LASER EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OUTPUT PEAK POWERS; RAY RADIATIONS; SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; UNDULATOR; X-RAYS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 0344305060     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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