Spontaneous and stimulated undulator radiation by an ultra-relativistic positron channeling in a periodically bent crystal

Abstract

We discuss the radiation generated by positrons channeling in a crystalline undulator. The undulator is produced by periodically bending a single crystal with an amplitude much larger than the interplanar spacing. Different approaches for bending the crystal are described and the restrictions on the parameters of the bending are discussed. We also present numeric calculations of the spontaneous emitted radiation and estimate the conditions for stimulated emission. Our investigations show that the proposed mechanism could be an interesting source for high energy photons and is worth to be studied experimentally.

long version of our contribution to the 22nd International Free Electron Laser Conference, Durham, NC, USA, 13-18 August 2000, Reprinted from Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, Volume 474, 1--3, in press, with permission from Elsevier Science. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/nima