Free Electron Laser - Science and Technology, 5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Spring 2023, 33%, Campus
Start date: 20 March 2023
End date: 4 June 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-63051 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Registration: 6 March 2023 – 19 March 2023
Entry requirements: 120 credits. Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Course or Introduction to Modern Physics or 90 credits in physics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 12,083
Tuition fee, total: SEK 12,083
About the course
Free electron laser physics; undulator radiation, theory of beam wave interaction in a free electron laser (FEL), optical beams and controlled modes, x-ray optics, FEL oscillators and high power amplification of a FEL, SASE FEL and methods to improve the coherence, photon diagnostics. FEL applications: long wavelength FEL, x-ray FEL, atomic and molecular physics, physics at high energy density, x-ray diffraction, biological applications and ultrafast x-ray science.