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... Coherent Radiation Sources As discussed above in Chapter 2, nonneutral plasmas, such as intense charged-particle beams, exhibit a wide range of collective phenomena. Some collective instabilities limit the performance of accelerators and storage rings and must be minimized; others can be used to convert beam kinetic energy into coherent radiation.
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... Most of the basic experiments referred to above were conducted on accelerators built for applications other than the free-electron laser. The SDIO sponsored several small-scale "user facilities." For the free-electron laser to find its appropriate place among coherent radiation sources, research is required to gain a detailed theoretical and experimental understanding of the temporal and spectral properties, to extend operation to shorter wavelengths in the VUV regime, and to increase the efficiency at the shorter wavelengths.
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  • plasma physics
  • plasma theory
  • radiation sources
  • nonneutral plasmas
  • nonneutral plasma

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  • coherent radiation
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  • neutral plasma
  • electron beams

  • ion sources
  • basic experiments


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