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Principles of Free Electron Lasers

  • Provides a complete and comprehensive discussion of the physics of free-electron lasers

  • Discusses basic physical concepts, along with detailed derivations of the relevant particle dynamics for both spontaneous and stimulated emission, including both linear and nonlinear formulations

  • Describes a variety of important configurations in use today

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Introduction

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 1-39
  3. The Wiggler Field and Electron Dynamics

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 41-77
  4. Incoherent Undulator Radiation

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 79-90
  5. Coherent Emission: Linear Theory

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 91-186
  6. Nonlinear Theory: Guided-Mode Analysis

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 187-315
  7. Nonlinear Theory: Optical Mode Analysis

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 317-377
  8. Sideband Instabilities

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 379-390
  9. Coherent Harmonic Radiation

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 391-423
  10. Oscillator Configurations

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 425-526
  11. Oscillator Simulation

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 527-554
  12. Wiggler Imperfections

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 555-565
  13. X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers and Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission (SASE)

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 567-614
  14. Optical Klystrons and High-Gain Harmonic Generation

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 615-633
  15. Electromagnetic-Wave Wigglers

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 635-650
  16. Chaos in Free-Electron Lasers

    • H. P. Freund, T. M. Antonsen Jr.
    Pages 651-671
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 673-716

About this book

This book presents a comprehensive description of the physics of free-electron lasers starting from the fundamentals and proceeding through detailed derivations of the equations describing electron trajectories, and spontaneous and stimulated emission. Linear and nonlinear analyses are described, as are detailed explanations of the nonlinear simulation of a variety of configurations including amplifiers, oscillators, self-amplified spontaneous emission, high-gain harmonic generation, and optical klystrons. Theory and simulation are anchored using comprehensive comparisons with a wide variety of experiments.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Maryland, University of New Mexico, Vienna, USA

    H. P. Freund

  • University of Maryland, Potomac, USA

    T. M. Antonsen, Jr.

About the authors

Henry Freund is a Research Professor in the ECE Department at the University of New Mexico and the University of Maryland.

Thomas M. Antonsen, Jr. is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland.

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