Mode growth and competition in the x-ray free-electron laser oscillator start-up from noise

We describe the radiation properties of an x-ray free-electron laser (FEL) oscillator, beginning with its start-up from noise through saturation. We first decompose the initially chaotic undulator radiation into the growing longitudinal modes of the composite system consisting of the electron beam,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. R. Lindberg, K.-J. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2009-07-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.12.070702