A Review of High-Gain Free-Electron Laser Theory

High-gain free-electron lasers, conceived in the 1980s, are nowadays the only bright sources of coherent X-ray radiation available. In this article, we review the theory developed by R. Bonifacio and coworkers, who have been some of the first scientists envisaging its operation as a single-pass ampl...

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Main Authors: Nicola Piovella, Luca Volpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Atoms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/9/2/28