• DocumentCode
    3599734
  • Title

    Nonlinear simulation of a high-power collective free-electron laser

  • Author

    Freund, H.P. ; Ganguly, A.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    1709
  • Lastpage
    1714
  • Abstract
    A comparison is described between the 3-D simulation code ARACHNE and a recent 33.4 GHz collective PEL amplifier experiment at MIT. The experiment demonstrated power levels of 61 MW (= 27% efficiency) without recourse to tapered magnetic fields using a 750 keV/300 A electron beam with an axial energy spread of 1.5% propagating through a cylindrical drift tube in the presence of a helical wiggler [Bw ≤ 1.8 kG, λw = 3.18 cm] and a guide magnetic field [B0 ≤ 12 kG]. The maximum power was observed when the wiggler and guide fields were antiparallel. ARACHNE is in substantial agreement with the experiment and shows peak power levels of 60 MW.
  • Keywords
    Current measurement; Electron beams; Equations; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Mathematical model; Undulators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High-Power Particle Beams, 1992 9th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    000-0-0000-0000-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6306805