Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers Introduction to Physical Principles, Experimental Results, Technological Challenges /

• Main Authors: Schmüser, Peter (Author), Dohlus, Martin (Author), Rossbach, Jörg (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 229
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Quantum optics.; Condensed matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Quantum Optics.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

In the introduction accelerator-based light sources are considered and a comparison is made between free-electron lasers and conventional quantum lasers. The motion and radiation of relativistic electrons in undulator magnets is discussed. The principle of a low-gain free-electron laser is explained...

Table of Contents:

• Undulator Radiation
• Low-Gain FEL Theory
• One-Dimensional Theory of the High-Gain FEL
• Discussion of the High-Gain FEL Equations
• Refinements of the One-Dimensional FEL Theory
• Self Amplified Spontaneous Emission
• The Ultraviolet and Soft X-Ray FEL in Hamburg
• Physical and Technological Challenges of an X-Ray FEL.