Overview
The main goal of the book is to provide a systematic and didactic approach to the physics and technology of free-electron lasers. Numerous figures are used for illustrating the underlying ideas and concepts and links to other fields of physics are provided. After an introduction to undulator radiation and the low-gain FEL, the one-dimensional theory of the high-gain FEL is developed in a systematic way. Particular emphasis is put on explaining and justifying the various assumptions and approximations that are needed to obtain the differential and integral equations governing the FEL dynamics. Analytical and numerical solutions are presented and important FEL parameters are defined, such as gain length, FEL bandwidth and saturation power. One of the most important features of a high-gain FEL, the formation of microbunches, is studied at length. The increase of gain length due to beam energy spread, space charge forces, and three-dimensional effects such as betatron oscillations and optical diffraction is analyzed. The mechanism of Self-Amplified Spontaneous Emission is described theoretically and illustrated with numerous experimental results. Various methods of FEL seeding by coherent external radiation are introduced, together with experimental results. The world’s first soft X-ray FEL, the user facility FLASH at DESY, is described in some detail to give an impression of the complexity of such an accelerator-based light source. The last chapter is devoted to the new hard X-ray FELs which generate extremely intense radiation in the Angstrøm regime. The appendices contain supplementary material and more involved calculations.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Schmüser ,
Martin Dohlus ,
Jörg Rossbach ,
Christopher Behrens
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: 2nd ed. 2014
Volume: 258
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.541kg
ISBN: 9783319040806
ISBN 10: 3319040804
Pages: 231
Publication Date: 06 March 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Author Information
Prof. Dr. Peter Schmüser Institut für Experimentalphysik Universität Hamburg and DESY Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg Germany Dr. Martin Dohlus Institut für Experimentalphysik Universität Hamburg and DESY Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg Germany Prof. Dr. Jörg Rossbach Institut für Experimentalphysik Universität Hamburg and DESY Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg Germany Dr. Christopher Behrens Institut für Experimentalphysik Universität Hamburg and DESY Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
