Free Electron Lasers

260 Pages·2012·14.584 MB·English

by  S. Varro

FREE ELECTRON LASERS

Edited by Sándor Varró
Free Electron Lasers
Edited by Sándor Varró

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First published March, 2012
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Free Electron Lasers, Edited by Sándor Varró
p. cm.
ISBN 978-953-51-0279-3

Contents

Preface IX
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Physics
of Free Electron Laser and Comparison
with Conventional Laser Sources 1
G. Dattoli, M. Del Franco, M. Labat,
P. L. Ottaviani and S. Pagnutti
Chapter 2 Design and Simulation Challenges
of a Linac-Based Free Electron Laser
in the Presence of Collective Effects 39
S. Di Mitri
Chapter 3 Hole Coupled Infrared Free-Electron Laser 67
Prazeres Rui
Chapter 4 Compact XFEL Schemes 91
Emmanuel d’Humières and Philippe Balcou
Chapter 5 Laser-Driven Table-Top X-Ray FEL 119
Kazuhisa Nakajima, Aihua Deng, Hitoshi Yoshitama,
Nasr A. M. Hafz, Haiyang Lu, Baifei Shen, Jiansheng Liu,
Ruxin Li and Zhizhan Xu
Chapter 6 Theoretical Analysis
on Smith-Purcell Free-Electron Laser 151
D. Li, M. Hangyo, Y. Tsunawaki, Z. Yang, Y. Wei,
S. Miyamoto, M. R. Asakawa and K. Imasaki
Chapter 7 Interference Phenomena and Whispering–Gallery Modes
of Synchrotron Radiation in a Cylindrical Wave–Guide 175
Sándor Varró
Chapter 8 Exotic States of High Density Matter Driven by
Intense XUV/X-Ray Free Electron Lasers 187
Frank B. Rosmej
VI Contents

Chapter 9 Digital RF Control System
for the Pulsed Superconducting Linear Accelerator 213
Valeri Ayvazyan
Chapter 10 Radiation Safety 229
Yoshihiro Asano

Preface

The idea of using periodic magnetic fields for properly bending the trajectories of
relativistic electrons, and making them generate coherent tunable radiation, appeared
as early as the middle of the last century. Further study of this subject, concerning both
fundamentals and practice, received a new impetus at the beginning of the seventies.
Since then, a huge amount of knowledge has been accumulated in this rapidly
developing field of research, creating a new class of lasers, the free electron lasers.
This volume consists of a collection of current studies on free electron lasers. Free
Electron Lasers covers the analysis of fundamentals and questions of design of these
devices functioning from the infrared to ultraviolet or xuv wavelength regimes. In
addition to the comparison with conventional lasers, analyses of some related topics
concerning near-field and cavity electrodynamics, compact and table-top
arrangements and strong radiation–induced exotic states of matter are presented.
Digital control and diagnostics of such devices and radiation safety issues are also
discussed.
Free Electron Lasers provides a selection of research results, from basics to some
interesting applications and new ideas of current interest.

Sándor Varró
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
WIGNER RCP, SZFI, Budapest,
Hungary