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COHERENT GENERATION AND PARTICLE BEAMS

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 749
Course Description

Fundamental theory and recent advances in coherent radiation charged particle beam sources (microwave to X-ray wavelengths) including free electron lasers, wiggler/wave-particle dynamics, Cerenkov masers, gyrotrons, coherent gain and efficiency, spontaneous emission, beam sources and quality, related accelerator concepts experimental results and applications.

Prerequisties
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.67

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
50%

No change from Historical

Class Size
6

300% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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