Observation of frequency chirping and phase of a free-electron laser amplifier

Kenneth N. Ricci; George Bekefi; Brian Chen; Manoel E. Conde; Ivan Mastovsky; Colin J. Taylor; P. Volfbeyn

doi:10.1117/12.175766

13 May 1994 Observation of frequency chirping and phase of a free-electron laser amplifier

Kenneth N. Ricci, George Bekefi, Brian Chen, Manoel E. Conde, Ivan Mastovsky, Colin J. Taylor, P. Volfbeyn

Proceedings Volume 2154, Intense Microwave Pulses II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175766
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We report observations of frequency chirping and phase of a free electron laser amplifier operating in the Raman regime. The FEL is driven by a mildly relativistic electron beam (750 kV, 25 ns) subjected to a combined axial magnetic field and a helical wiggler field. The input into the FEL amplifier is provided by a high power magnetron tuned to a frequency of 33.39 GHz. Phase and frequency shifts are measured both as a function of time and interaction length. It is found that in the Group I regime of FEL operation the output frequency is upshifted by approximately 100 MHz, but smaller upshifts are observed in the Group II or the reversed field configurations.

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Kenneth N. Ricci, George Bekefi, Brian Chen, Manoel E. Conde, Ivan Mastovsky, Colin J. Taylor, and P. Volfbeyn "Observation of frequency chirping and phase of a free-electron laser amplifier", Proc. SPIE 2154, Intense Microwave Pulses II, (13 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175766

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