Title :
Study of the free electron maser
Author :
Drossart, P. ; Bohmer, H. ; Buzzi, J.-M. ; Doucet, H.J. ; Etlicher, B. ; Haldenwang, P. ; Lamain, H. ; Rouille, C.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire de Physique des milieux ionisés. Ecole Poly technique. 91128 Palaiseau Cedex (France)
Abstract :
The basic idea that propagation of an electron beam through a rippled satic magnetic field could produce microwave radiation is due to Motz (1). Theoretical as well as experimental studies (2–4) have shown the practical possibilities of producing radiation in the infrared region using the electron beam of a LINAC with energies in the 20 to 50 Mev range. This device is now called a free electron laser and the production of radiation is interpreted as a single particle phenomena, the induced Compton scattering. However this interpretation has been criticized by Berstein and Hirshfield (5) because a standard plasma physics stability analysis of the beam/magnetic field interaction yields also to a coherent interpretation of the Standford experiment.
Keywords :
Electrooptical waveguides; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Limiting; Particle beams; Plasmas; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Electron and Ion Beam Research & Technology, 1979 3rd International Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Novosibirsk, USSR
