Undulators and Free-Electron LasersThis book is a reference text for all those working in free-electron laser research as well as being a learning aid for physicists and graduate students who wish an introduction to this field. Only a basic understanding of relativistic mechanics and electromagnetism is presupposed. After an overview of early developments and general principles of operation, the different models that can be used to describe free-electron lasers are presented, organized according to their range of applicability. The relevent conceptual and mathematical constructs are built up from first principles with attention to obtaining the practically important results in a simple but rigorous way. Interaction of the undulator with the driving electron accelerator and the laser cavity and design of undulator magnets are treated and an overview is given of some typical experiments. |
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Contents
Bibliographical note xi | 1-11 |
Overview of the general operational principles | 31 |
Motion of an electron in an undulating magnetic field | 45 |
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References to this book
Hierarchical Methods: Undulative Electrodynamical Systems, Volume 2 V. Kulish No preview available - 2002 |
Hierarchical Methods: Undulative Electrodynamical Systems, Volume 2 V. Kulish No preview available - 2002 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Undulators and Free-Electron Lasers Volume 79 of International Series of Monographs on Physics |
| Authors | P. Luchini, H. Motz |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 7, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0198520190, 9780198520191 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Physics / Electricity Science / Physics / Optics & Light |
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