A CHERENKOV FREE-ELECTRON LASER WITH HIGH PEAK POWER

Authors
VANDERSLOT PJM COUPERUS J WITTEMAN WJ LEBEDEV AN KRASTELEV EG AGAFONOV AV VORONIN VS KRASNOPOLSKY VA
Citation
Pjm. Vanderslot et al., A CHERENKOV FREE-ELECTRON LASER WITH HIGH PEAK POWER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 358(1-3), 1995, pp. 100-103
Citations number
6
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
100 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1995)358:1-3<100:ACFLWH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A Cherenkov FEL can be a suitable source for radiation from the millim eter wavelength region down to the far infrared. With only a few diffe rent dielectric materials the laser can range from 6 mm down to approx imate to 600 mu m. Nonlinear theory shows, for an amplifier configurat ion, power levels of about 100 kW in the far infrared up to several MW at millimeter wavelengths. Good coupling with the evanescent wave sup ported by the dielectrically lined waveguide requires a thin walled an nular beam of good quality. The characteristics of such an electron gu n, a special design for a Cherenkov FEL with parameters given in this paper, will be presented.