A.I. Al-Shamma'a(1), R.A. Stuart(1), J. Lucas(1), P.J.M. Van Der Slot(2)
(1) The University of Liverpool, Dept. of Elec. Eng. and Electronics, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 3GJ, U.K. (2) Nederlands Centrum Voor Laser Research, P.O. Box 2662, Enschede, 7500 CR, Netherlands.
The Industrial free electron Laser (IFEL) thematic group has been operating now for 18 months and during this period the group has examined suitable IFEL designs and a range of possible applications. This paper describes the possible designs of an electron beam/em wave interaction regions namely; conventional, Cerenkov and Gaussian mode operating at 100kV and frequencies from 10 to 100GHz. The programme of work for the next 18 months is reviewed with all the possible industrial applications.
