Gain and efficiency of a stimulated Cherenkov optical klystron

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Authors

Dawei Wang · Stanford University

A. M. Fauchet · Stanford University

M. A. Piestrup · Stanford University

R. H. Pantell · Stanford University

Abstract

A scheme for building an optical klystron oscillator based on the stimulated Cherenkov interaction between light and relativistic electrons is presented. The gain and efficiency of such a device as a function of wavelength is discussed.

Topics & Keywords

Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 389-391

DOI: 10.1109/jqe.1983.1071853

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