U.S. Particle Accelerator School
High-Gain Free Electron Lasers course
Sponsoring University:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Course:
High-Gain Free Electron Lasers - course cancelled
Instructors:
Samuel Krinsky and Li-Hua Yu, Brookhaven National Laboratory
This course will begin with a review of synchrotron radiation, undulator radiation and Compton scattering from relativistic electrons. We will then develop the theory of high-gain free electron lasers following an approach similar to that employed in the study of coherent instabilities in accelerators. A description will be given of the evolution of the radiation field for self-amplified-spontaneous-emission (SASE) as well as for start-up from a laser seed. The dependence of gain on electron beam energy spread and emittance will be described. We will discuss the multiparticle coherence of the emission process, as well as the temporal and spatial coherence of the output radiation. The theory of High-Gain Harmonic-Generation will be presented. Experimental results will be surveyed, as will plans for future development of free electron laser sources. Prerequisites: Graduate-level Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism.