Practical Considerations and Experimental Results for High-Gain FELs

Kwang-Je Kim; Zhirong Huang; Ryan Lindberg

doi:10.1017/9781316677377.009

8 - Practical Considerations and Experimental Results for High-Gain FELs

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2017

Kwang-Je Kim ,

Zhirong Huang and

Ryan Lindberg

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Kwang-Je Kim: Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
Zhirong Huang: Affiliation:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California
Ryan Lindberg: Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois

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Information: Synchrotron Radiation and Free-Electron Lasers
Principles of Coherent X-Ray Generation
, pp. 215 - 239

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316677377.009 [Opens in a new window]

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