This book presents a comprehensive description of the physics of free-electron lasers starting from the fundamentals and proceeding through detailed derivations of the equations describing electron trajectories, and spontaneous and stimulated emission. Linear and nonlinear analyses are described, as are detailed explanations of the nonlinear simulation of a variety of configurations including amplifiers, oscillators, self-amplified spontaneous emission, high-gain harmonic generation, and optical klystrons. Theory and simulation are anchored using comprehensive comparisons with a wide variety of experiments.

Provides a complete and comprehensive discussion of the physics of free-electron lasers

Discusses basic physical concepts, along with detailed derivations of the relevant particle dynamics for both spontaneous and stimulated emission, including both linear and nonlinear formulations

Describes a variety of important configurations in use today

Autorentext

Henry Freund is a Research Professor in the ECE Department at the University of New Mexico and the University of Maryland.

Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr. is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.The Wiggler Field and Electron Dynamics.- Chapter 3.Incoherent Undulator Radiation.- Chapter 4. Stimulated Emission: Linear Theory.- Chapter 5.NonLinear Theory: Guided Mode Analysis.- Chapter 6. NonLinear Theory: Optical Mode Analysis.- Chapter 7. Sideband Instabilities.- Chapter 8. Coherent Harmonic Generation.- Chapter 9. Oscillator Theory.- Chapter 10. Oscillator Simulation.- Chapter 11. Wiggler Imperfections.- Chapter 12. X-Ray Free Electron Lasers and Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE).- Chapter 13. Optical Klystrons and High-Gain Harmonic Generation.- Chapter 14. Electromagnectic-Wave Wigglers.- Chapter 15. Chaos in Free Electron Lasers.