FREE-ELECTRON MICRO-LASERS

Authors
TANG CM GOLDSTEIN M SWYDEN TA WALSH JE
Citation
Cm. Tang et al., FREE-ELECTRON MICRO-LASERS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 358(1-3), 1995, pp. 7-10
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
358
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
7 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)358:1-3<7:FM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The electron optical properties of microscopic gated field emitter arr ays (FEA) are an ideal match to the electron beam requirements of free electron micro-lasers. Projected performance characteristics of the b eam generators based on the FEA principle are reviewed and results fro m recent experiments with a single micro-beam filament are summarized. The latter are shown to support the claim that free electron micro-la sers based on either the Cherenkov or the Smith-Purcell interaction me chanism are a practical possibility.