Abstract
Results of first operation of the Israeli Electrostatic-Accelerator Tandem Free-Electron Laser (EA-FEL) are reported. This EA-FEL utilizes a 1.4 Amp electron beam obtained from a parallel flow Pierce-type electron gun. The e-beam is transported through a resonator located inside a planar Halbach configuration wiggler, both located at the high voltage terminal of the van de graaf accelerator. The high voltage terminal is charge to a positive potential of 1.4 MeV with respect to the cathode. The resonator utilizes a curved parallel plates waveguide and two Talbot effect quasioptical reflectors (wave splitters). It exhibited a quality factor of Q ≈ 30,000. Millimeter wave radiation pulses of 2 μsec duration were obtained at a frequency of 100.5 GHz, as predicted, at a power level above 1 kW.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 83-92 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 3154 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Coherent Electron-Beam X-Ray Sources: Techniques and Applications - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 31 Jul 1997 → 1 Aug 1997 |
Keywords
- FEL
- High power microwave
- mm waves