Superradiant and stimulated-superradiant emission of bunched electron beams

A. Gover, R. Ianconescu, Friedman, C. Emma, N. Sudar, P. Musumeci, C. Pellegrini

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Abstract

We outline the fundamental processes of coherent radiation emission from a bunched charged particles beam [1]. In contrast to spontaneous emission of radiation from a random electron beam that is proportional to the number of particles N, a pre-bunched electron beam emits spontaneously coherent radiation proportional to N2 through the process of (spontaneous) superradiance (SP-SR) (in the sense of Dicke's [2]). The SP-SR emission of a bunched electron beam can be even further enhanced by a process of stimulated-superradiance (ST-SR) in the presence of a seed injected radiation field. These coherent radiation emission processes are presented in term of a radiation mode expansion model, applied to general free electron radiation schemes: Optical-Klystron, HGHG, EEHG, and coherent THz sources based on synchrotron radiation, undulator radiation or Smith-Purcell radiation. The general model of coherent spontaneous emission is also extended to the nonlinear regime - Tapering Enhanced Stimulated Superradiance (TESSA) [3], and related to the tapered wiggler section of seed-injected FELs. In X-Ray FELs, these processes are convoluted with other effects, but they are guidelines for strategies of wiggler tapering efficiency enhancement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 39th International Free-Electron Laser Conference, FEL 2019
PublisherJACoW Publishing
Pages288-289
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9783954502103
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event39th International Free-Electron Laser Conference, FEL 2019 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 26 Aug 201930 Aug 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 39th International Free-Electron Laser Conference, FEL 2019

Conference

Conference39th International Free-Electron Laser Conference, FEL 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period26/08/1930/08/19

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