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High-Gain 35-GHz Free-Electron Laser-Amplifier Experiment

Steven H. Gold, D. L. Hardesty, A. K. Kinkead, Larry R. Barnett, V. L. Granatstein

Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 98 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

A new intense-beam free-electron laser experiment, operating as a short-pulse amplifier at 35 GHz, has demonstrated linear growth rates of 1.2 dB/cm, total gain of 50 dB, and coherent emission of 17 MW, corresponding to an experimental efficiency of greater than 3%.

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