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Electromagnetic-wave-pumped free-electron laser in a plasma channel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 1997
Abstract
An intense short laser pulse or a millimetre wave propagating through a plasma channel may act as a wiggler for the generation of shorter wavelengths. When a relativistic electron beam is launched into the channel from the opposite direction, the laser radiation is Compton/Raman backscattered to produce coherent radiation at shorter wavelengths. The scheme, however, requires a superior beam quality with energy spread less than 1% in the Raman regime.
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- 1997 Cambridge University Press
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