undulators
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pluralof undulator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
undulatornounan arrangement of magnets of alternating polarity inserted into the path of an electron beam, so that the alternating magnetic field causes the beam to oscillate or undulate, emitting intense electromagnetic radiation. Undulators are usually part of a synchrotron storage ring and are used to generate brilliant light.
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The ASU team plans to replace the bulky magnetic undulators with a laser shone directly into the oncoming train of electrons.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2023
Others had used plasma wakefield accelerators to coax light out of undulators before.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 25, 2021
As electrons pass through the undulators, the rippled magnetic field shakes them back and forth, causing them to emit light.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 25, 2021
In an FEL, physicists fire electrons down a vacuum pipe and through a line devices called undulators.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 25, 2021
Hamburg’s facility also has a larger capacity than its competitors: unlike other XFELs, it has three separate undulators to create simultaneous X-ray beams, with the 27,000 pulses per second distributed among them.
From Nature ● Aug. 28, 2017