Prospects for the stimulation, control, and study of high-gain linac-driven x-ray Free-Electron Laser (FEL) interactions using high-power IR/visible/UV lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2988, Issue , 1997, Pages 112-126

  Tatchyn, Roman O ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam bunching; Coherent Amplification (CA); Free Electron Laser (FEL); Lasers; Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); Optical Klystron (OK); Photocathode; Relativistic interferometry; Relativity; Self Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE); Ultra short pulse

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; KLYSTRONS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RELATIVITY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WIGGLERS; X RAY LASERS;

BEAM BUNCHING; COHERENT AMPLIFICATION (CA); FREE-ELECTRON LASER (FEL); LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE (LCLS); OPTICAL KLYSTRON (OK); RELATIVISTIC INTERFEROMETRY; SELF-AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (SASE); ULTRA-SHORT PULSE;

FREE ELECTRON LASERS;

EID: 33744680483     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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