Observation of coherent millimeter and submillimeter emission from a microtron-driven Cherenkov free-electron laser
- 11 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (6), 699-702
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.699
Abstract
We report the observation of coherent emission from a Cherenkov free-electron laser driven by a 5-MeV radio-frequency microtron. Power up to 50 W in pulses of 4-μs duration has been generated at the wavelengths of 1.6 and 0.9 mm using two different dielectric-loaded waveguides.Keywords
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