title: Cavity dumping for free electron lasers.
abstract: The cavity dumping technique, applied to free electron lasers (FEL), is described. Taking advantage of both numerical simulations and experimental results on the Mark III FEL, a fairly exhaustive analysis is reported. In particular, we show that the output peak power can be increased by a factor even higher than one hundred. The cavity dumping experiment, under way on the Mark III FEL, is discussed in some detail.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cutolo
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Madey