Abstract
An analysis of stimulated emission of radiation by an electron beam passing through a periodic longitudinal electrostatic field is presented, and its use in a free-electron laser structure is discussed. The analysis is based on a coupled-mode calculation of the interaction between a waveguided electromagnetic mode and an electron-beam plasma with finite cross section. The dispersion equation derived applies to the collective as well as the single electron regime.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 295-298 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Applied Physics |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Nov 1980 |
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