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19 July 1999 Improve optical cavity quality of a waveguide FEL with hole-coupling by using a grating
Xiaojian Shu, Yuanzhang Wang, Yunqing Jiang, Yu-kun Ho
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Abstract
We propose a method to improve the quality of a hole-coupled resonator for a free-electron laser oscillator. A mesh or grating with a reflectivity of 50 - 70%, which is quite easy to be produced, can be used to cover the hole. Both the extraction and diffraction losses can be reduced effectively and the optical cavity Q value can be improved to obtain higher net gain which allows the FEL oscillator to be operated in worse conditions. These advantages and properties are confirmed by numerical simulations using a three-dimension code with the parameters of a compact far-infrared FEL oscillator built in China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP). Furthermore, it can be used as an electron transparent mirror to make the FEL device more compact and less expensive.
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Xiaojian Shu, Yuanzhang Wang, Yunqing Jiang, and Yu-kun Ho "Improve optical cavity quality of a waveguide FEL with hole-coupling by using a grating", Proc. SPIE 3614, Free-Electron Laser Challenges II, (19 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.352662
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KEYWORDS
Free electron lasers

Mirrors

Reflectivity

Resonators

Optical resonators

Electron beams

Oscillators

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