Free electron laser with masked chicane
US5956353A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/0903
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A free electron laser (FEL) is provided with an accelerator for outputting electron beam pulses; a buncher for modulating each one of the electron beam pulses to form each pulse into longitudinally dispersed bunches of electrons; and a wiggler for generating coherent light from the longitudinally dispersed bunches of electrons. The electron beam buncher is a chicane having a mask for physically modulating the electron beam pulses to form a series of electron beam bunches for input to the wiggler. In a preferred embodiment, the mask is located in the chicane at a position where each electron beam pulse has a maximum dispersion.
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