TY - CHAP AU - Kazuhisa Nakajima AU - Aihua Deng AU - Hitoshi Yoshitama AU - Nasr A. M. Hafz AU - Haiyang Lu AU - Baifei Shen AU - Jiansheng Liu AU - Ruxin Li AU - Zhizhan Xu ED - Sandor Varro Y1 - 2012-03-14 PY - 2012 T1 - Laser-Driven Table-Top X-Ray FEL N2 - Free Electron Lasers consists of 10 chapters, which refer to fundamentals and design of various free electron laser systems, from the infrared to the xuv wavelength regimes. In addition to making a comparison with conventional lasers, a couple of special topics concerning near-field and cavity electrodynamics, compact and table-top arrangements and strong radiation induced exotic states of matter are analyzed as well. The control and diagnostics of such devices and radiation safety issues are also discussed. Free Electron Lasers provides a selection of research results on these special sources of radiation, concerning basic principles, applications and some interesting new ideas of current interest. BT - Free Electron Lasers SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/35894 DO - 10.5772/35894 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -