The simulation of a free-electron laser amplifier with a ribbon relativistic electron beam

Authors
Ginzburg, NS Rozental', RM Peskov, NY Arzhannikov, AV Sinitskii, SL
Citation
Ns. Ginzburg et al., The simulation of a free-electron laser amplifier with a ribbon relativistic electron beam, TECH PHYS, 46(12), 2001, pp. 1545-1548
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
TECHNICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10637842 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1545 - 1548
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7842(2001)46:12<1545:TSOAFL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An amplifier based on a high-power free-electron planar laser operating at a wavelength of 4 mm is simulated. The system is built around the U-3 accel erator, which forms a ribbon relativistic electron beam with an energy of u p to 1 MeV and a total operating current of up to 2 kA. The simulation uses various approaches, including the direct numerical simulation of the Maxwe ll equations and particle motion equations by means of the PIC-code KARAT. The approaches are shown to give close results. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interp eriodica".