On the Quantum Theory of the Free Electron Laser
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
- Vol. 31 (3) , 267-270
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713821488
Abstract
A full quantum mechanical calculation is performed for the photon statistics of the free electron laser, in principle, to any order. A poissonian photon probability distribution is regained when only l, m = 0, 1 terms are considered.Keywords
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