Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers Introduction to Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technological Challenges /

• Main Authors: Schm<U+00fc>ser, Peter. (Author), Dohlus, Martin. (Author), Rossbach, Jr̲g. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 229
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Electromagnetism.; Electrodynamics.; Laser physics.; Microwaves.; Electromagnetism, Optics and Lasers.; Classical Electrodynamics, Wave Phenomena.; Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics.; Condensed Matter.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79572-8

In the introduction accelerator-based light sources are considered and a comparison is made between free-electron lasers and conventional quantum lasers. The motion and radiation of relativistic electrons in undulator magnets is discussed. The principle of a low-gain free-electron laser is explained...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Undulator radiation
• Low-gain FEL theory
• One-dimensional theory of the high-gain FEL
• Applications of the high-gain FEL equations
• Refinements of the one-dimensional FEL theory
• Self amplified spontaneous emission
• The Ultraviolet and soft X-ray FEL in Hamburg.-Physical and technological challenges of an X-ray FEL
• Appendices A to H deal with: Hamiltonian formalism, low-gain limit of high-gain FEL theory, non-periodic first-order equations, Gaussian modes of laser beams, eigenmode approach, periodic current modulation resulting from shot noise, the gamma distribution, conventions and frequently used symbols.