Optical beam quality in free-electron lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-222

  Sprangle, Phillip ^a   Freund, Henry P ^b   Hafizi, Bahman ^c   Peñano, Joseph R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam propagation; Electromagnetic simulation; Free electron lasers; Mode quality

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LASERS;

BEAM PROPAGATION; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; DIRECT INTEGRATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FREE-ELECTRON LASERS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MODE QUALITY; OPTICAL BEAM QUALITIES; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL MODES; TRANSVERSE MODE STRUCTURES;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 60449102872     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2012508     Document Type: Article

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