K. Saito et al., X-BAND PREBUNCHED FEL AMPLIFIER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 375(1-3), 1996, pp. 237-240
We have designed and constructed a prebunched FEL amplifier consisting
of a prebuncher and a standard FEL. Microwave power saturation with a
short wiggler length has been realized by a prebunched beam. We have
also examined microwave phase evolutions. It has been demonstrated the
adjustable range of the output microwave phase by changing the input
microwave phase is restricted within a narrow band due to spontaneous
emission radiated by the prebunched beam.