Ultraviolet and soft X-ray free-electron lasers: Introduction to Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technological Challenges

The main goal of the book is to provide a systematic and didactic approach tothe physics and technology of free-electron lasers. Numerous figures are usedfor illustrating the underlying ideas and concepts, and many links to other fields of physics are provided. After an introduction to undulator radiation and the low-gain FEL, the one-dimensional theory of the high-gain FEL is developed in a systematic way. Particular emphasis is put on explaining and justifying the various assumptions and approximations that are needed to obtain the differential equations governing the FEL dynamics. The predictive power of the 1DFEL theory is demonstrated with numerous examples and figures, including exponential gain, saturation and FEL bandwidth. One of the most important featuresof a high-gain FEL, the formation of microbunches, is studied at length and illustrated with several figures. 3D corrections to the 1D theory are discussed. Contains the important recent results on short-wavelength FEL radiation thathave been obtained in the past few years First university-style textbook on FEL physics. Differs from previous books on the same subject in that considerable attention is paid to the accelerator physics issues that are important for high-gain FELs INDICE: 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-orderequations, Gaussian modes of laser beams, eigenmode approach, periodic current modulation resulting from shot noise, the gamma distribution, conventions and frequently used symbols.

• ISBN: 978-3-540-79571-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 205
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés