Free-Electron Lasers in the Ultraviolet and X-Ray Regime Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technical Realization /

• Main Authors: Schmüser, Peter (Author), Dohlus, Martin (Author), Rossbach, Jörg (Author), Behrens, Christopher (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 258
• Subjects: Physics.; Particle acceleration.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

The main goal of the book is to provide a systematic and didactic approach to the physics and technology of free-electron lasers. Numerous figures are used for illustrating the underlying ideas and concepts, and links to other fields of physics are provided. After an introduction to undulator radiat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Undulator Radiation
• Low-Gain FEL Theory
• One-Dimensional Theory of the High-Gain FEL.- Applications of the High-Gain FEL Equations.- Energy Spread, Space Charge and 3D Effects
• Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission and FEL Seeding
• The EUV and Soft X-Ray FEL in Hamburg
• X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Technical Realization and Experimental Results
• Appendices
• A. Hamiltonian Formalism
• B. Supplements to Chapter 4
• C. Gaussian Modes of Laser Beams
• D. Eigenmode Approach
• E. Statistical Methods and Tools
• F. Conventions and Frequently used Symbols
• Index.