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Investigation of a 2-Colour Undulator FEL Using Puffin
Initial studies of a 2-colour FEL amplifier using one monoenergetic electron
beam are presented. The interaction is modelled using the unaveraged, broadband
FEL code Puffin. A series of undulator modules are tuned to generate two
resonant frequencies along the FEL interaction and a self-consistent 2-colour
FEL interaction at widely spaced non-harmonic wavelengths at 1nm and 2.4nm is
demonstrated.Comment: Submitted to The 35th International Free-Electron Laser Conference,
Manhattan, New York (2013
An extended model of the quantum free-electron laser
Previous models of the quantum regime of operation of the Free Electron Laser
(QFEL) have performed an averaging and the application of periodic boundary
conditions to the coupled Maxwell - Schrodinger equations over short, resonant
wavelength intervals of the interaction. Here, an extended, one-dimensional
model of the QFEL interaction is presented in the absence of any such averaging
or application of periodic boundary conditions, the absence of the latter
allowing electron diffusion processes to be modeled throughout the pulse. The
model is used to investigate how both the steady-state (CW) and pulsed regimes
of QFEL operation are affected. In the steady-state regime it is found that the
electrons are confined to evolve as a 2-level system, similar to the previous
QFEL models. In the pulsed regime Coherent Spontaneous Emission (CSE) due to
the shape of the electron pulse current distribution is shown to be present in
the QFEL regime for the first time. However, unlike the classical case, CSE in
the QFEL is damped by the effects of quantum diffusion of the electron
wavefunction. Electron recoil from the QFEL interaction can also cause a
diffusive drift between the recoiled and non-recoiled parts of the electron
pulse wavefunction, effectively removing the recoiled part from the primary
electron-radiation interaction.Comment: Submitted to Optics Expres
Localized hydrogels based on cellulose nanofibers and wood pulp for rapid removal of methylene blue
Access to clean water has become increasingly difficult, motivating the need for materials that can efficiently remove pollutants. Hydrogels have been explored for remediation, but they often require long times to reach high levels of adsorption. To overcome this limitation, we developed a rapid, locally formed hydrogel that adsorbs dye during gelation. These hydrogels are derived from celluloseāa renewable, nontoxic, and biodegradable resource. More specifically, we found that sulfated cellulose nanofibers or sulfated wood pulps, when mixed with a waterāsoluble, cationic cellulose derivative, efficiently remove methylene blue (a cationic dye) within seconds. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 340āĀ±ā40āmg methylene blue/g cellulose. As such, these localized hydrogels (and structural analogues) may be useful for remediating other pollutants.Access to clean water has become increasingly difficult, motivating the need for materials that can efficiently remove pollutants. In this work, locally formed hydrogels made from mixing anionic and cationic cellulose derivatives are developed, which rapidly adsorb cationic dye during the gel formation process. A maximum adsorption efficiency of 340 Ā± 40mg methylene blue/g cellulose was observed, rivaling comparable celluloseābased gels reported. These localized hydrogels (and structural analogues) may be useful for remediating other pollutants.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163385/2/pola29833.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163385/1/pola29833_am.pd
Free-electron lasers : echoes of photons past
High-harmonic generation is an established method to significantly upshift laser photon energies. Now, researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have used echo concepts to generate coherent high-harmonic output from an electron-beam light source
Puffin : A three dimensional, unaveraged free electron laser simulation code
The broadband, 3D FEL code Puffin is presented. The analytical model is derived in absence of the Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation, and can model undulators of any polarisation. Due to the enhanced resolution, the memory and processing requirements are greater than equivalent unaveraged codes. The numerical code to solve the system of equations is therefore written for a parallel computing environment utilizing MPI. Some example simulations are presented
A simple model for the generation of ultra-short radiation pulses
A method for generating a single broadband radiation pulse from a strongly chirped electron pulse is described. The evolution of the chirped electron pulse in an undulator may generate a pulse of coherent spontaneous radiation of shorter duration than the FEL cooperation length. An analytic expression for the emitted radiation pulse is derived and compared with numerical simulation
Structural brain complexity and cognitive decline in late life : A longitudinal study in the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort
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Free electron laser using 'beam by design'
Several methods have been proposed in the literature to improve free electron laser output by transforming the electron phase-space before entering the FEL interaction region. By utilizing ābeam by designā with novel undulators and other beam changing elements, the operating capability of FELs may be further usefully extended. This paper introduces two new such methods to improve output from electron pulses with large energy spreads and the results of simulations of these methods in the 1D limit are presented. Both methods predict orders of magnitude improvements to output radiation powers
Theoretical Sensitivity Analysis for Quantitative Operational Risk Management
We study the asymptotic behavior of the difference between the values at risk
VaR(L) and VaR(L+S) for heavy tailed random variables L and S for application
in sensitivity analysis of quantitative operational risk management within the
framework of the advanced measurement approach of Basel II (and III). Here L
describes the loss amount of the present risk profile and S describes the loss
amount caused by an additional loss factor. We obtain different types of
results according to the relative magnitudes of the thicknesses of the tails of
L and S. In particular, if the tail of S is sufficiently thinner than the tail
of L, then the difference between prior and posterior risk amounts VaR(L+S) -
VaR(L) is asymptotically equivalent to the expectation (expected loss) of S.Comment: 21 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables, forthcoming in International Journal of
Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF
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