Free-electron laser research at the University of California, Santa Barbara

A review of free-electron laser research at UCSB is presented here. Among the topics included are 1) the development of high-quality electron beam sources based on electrostatic accelerating fields, 2) the analysis of present FEL operating characteristics, 3) the development of advanced FEL concepts, and 5) the utilization of the UCSB FEL in scientific research.