Published July 15, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Advection-Induced Spectrotemporal Defects in a Free-Electron Laser

  • 1. CEA/DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Batiment 522, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France and Laboratoire pour l'utilisation du rayonnement electromagnetique, Batiment 209D, Universite Paris Sud, BP34, 91898 Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molecules, UMR CNRS 8523, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications, FR CNRS 2416, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex (France)

Description

We evidence numerically and experimentally that advection can induce spectrotemporal defects in a system presenting a localized structure. Those defects in the spectrum are associated with the breakings induced by the drift of the localized solution. The results are based on simulations and experiments performed on the super-ACO free-electron laser. However, we show that this instability can be generalized using a real Ginzburg-Landau equation with (i) advection and (ii) a finite-size supercritical region

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034801-034801.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37012361
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ADVECTION; EQUATIONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
LASERS; MASS TRANSFER

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