Invention of the free electron laser

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 3: Accelerators as Photon Sources

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-12

  Madey, John M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bremsstrahlung; Cavity electrodynamics; Free electron laser; Outreach; Synchrotron radiation

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EID: 85049112012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814340397_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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