Abstract

Among many possible applications of the extremely high brightness temperature and the radiation density obtainable with the optical maser, a high energy electron accelerator is proposed and discussed in this paper. It consists of a cylindrical tube of maser material excited by a pumping radiation through an interference filter coated on its outer surface and, it generates an oscillation in a TM₀NM type mode. An optical peak power of 10 kw/cm² was calculated to accelerate electrons by 10⁹ ev/meter. A gas-filled cavity is proposed for velocity matching. Selection of the particular mode might be made by placing a periodically printed absorption layer on the inner surface of the maser cylinder. However, mode separation would be extremely difficult because of thermal expansion of the maser material.

© 1962 Optical Society of America

Gaseous Optical Masers

W. R. Bennett
Appl. Opt. 1(S1) 24-61 (1962)

Optical Masers

O. S. Heavens
Appl. Opt. 1(S1) 1-23 (1962)

Composite Rod Optical Masers

G. E. Devlin, J. McKenna, A. D. May, and A. L. Schawlow
Appl. Opt. 1(1) 11-15 (1962)

High Efficiency Optical Maser Parameters

Stanley J. Sage
Appl. Opt. 1(2) 173-179 (1962)

Mode Control in Ruby Optical Masers by Means of Elastic Deformation

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