US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 335
.~ Free electron


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359 /   HD   OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS

333  DF  OPTICAL AMPLIFIER {11}
335.~ Free electron


DEFINITION

Classification: 359/335

Free electron:

(under subclass 333) Subject matter wherein a beam of "free" and unbound electrons of an atom or molecule are passed through an undulator (i.e., "wiggler"), which creates a magnetic field of alternating polarity, to cause the electrons to move along a helical path (i.e., "wiggle") for the release of a high power light radiation (i.e., amplification of the light input beam).

(1) Note. The use of a free-electron laser for light amplificatoin belongs in this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

372, Coherent Light Generators,

2, for free electron lasers and subclass 74 for electron beam

pumping without a light input beam.