High-Gain 35-GHz Free-Electron Laser-Amplifier Experiment
- 2 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 52 (14), 1218-1221
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.52.1218
Abstract
A new intense-beam free-electron laser experiment, operating as a short-pulse amplifier at 35 GHz, has demonstrated linear growth rates of 1.2 dB/cm, total gain of 50 dB, and coherent emission of 17 MW, corresponding to an experimental efficiency of greater than 3%.Keywords
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