Postsaturation dynamics and superluminal propagation of a superradiant spike in a free-electron laser amplifier

We study the dynamics of an isolated spike of radiation in superradiant regime. We show that conditions exist where the pulse moves with a group velocity larger than the velocity of light in vacuum and is followed by a pedestal resulting from a complex postsaturation dynamics. The tail is constitute...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xi Yang, Najmeh Mirian, Luca Giannessi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-01-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.010703