Interaction of laser beams with relativistic electrons

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === Motivated by the desire to put a free electron laser (FEL) weapon on a ship, the FEL and the related process of Compton backscattering are studied. The theme of the majority of this work is the interaction of the Gaussian optical mode with a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Small, Douglas W
Other Authors: Colson, William B.
Language:English
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8547