Accession Number:

ADA137738

Title:

Transverse Mode Dynamics in a Free Electron Laser.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CA

Personal Author(s):

• Elleaume,P.
• Deacon,D. A. G.

Report Date:

1983-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

The most general equations of motion for the electrons and the electromagnetic field in a free electron laser including the effects of diffraction and pulse propagation. The field evolution is expressed in terms of the amplitudes and phases of a complete set of transverse modes is derived. The analytic solution is given in the small signal regime, where the theory is shown to be in excellent agreement with a recent experiment at Orsay.

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRICAL LASERS
• *FREE ELECTRONS
• *EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• DIFFRACTION
• PROPAGATION
• EVOLUTION(GENERAL)
• AMPLITUDE
• TRANSVERSE
• ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION
• LASER BEAMS
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• FREQUENCY
• GAIN

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Theoretical Mathematics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE