Classical Theory of a free-electron laser

F. A. Hopf; P. Meystre; M. O. Scully; W. H. Louisell

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.1215

Classical Theory of a free-electron laser

F. A. Hopf, P. Meystre, M. O. Scully, W. H. Louisell

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We present a completely classical analysis of the small-signal regime of a free-electron laser. It is explicitly shown that the amplification is due to stimulated scattering produced by a bunching of the electron distribution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1215-1218
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	37
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.1215
State	Published - 1976

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