Bimodal linear accelerator apparatus.

摘要

An approach is shown for eliminating the expense of a plurality of linear accelerators as used in a multiple electron beam free electron laser system. A single linear accelerator is used to simultaneously accelerate a plurality of electron beams by using an electron beam deflection means such as a bending magnet to cause multiple beams to converge to a single stream of electrons for acceleration by the linear accelerator and then using a similar beam deflection means to re-define the accelerated beams in accordance with their respective energy levels into a similar plurality of output beams.