@article{6061, author = {V. L. Bratman and G. G. Denisov and A. V. Savilov and W. A. Bongers and C. A. J. van der Geer and P. Manintveld and A. G. A. Verhoeven and W. H. Urbanus}, title = {Spurious excitation of near-cutoff modes in free-electron masers}, abstract = {Spurious excitation of a low-frequency near-cutoff wave in the presence of the operating high-frequency traveling wave is considered for a free-electron maser. The temporal dynamics of the competition of the waves is studied. It is shown that the effect of mutual scattering of the waves can result in a significant decrease of the starting current for the spurious wave. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}, year = {2000}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment}, volume = {445}, number = {1-3}, pages = {1-6}, month = {May 1}, isbn = {0168-9002}, doi = {10.1016/s0168-9002(00)00103-0}, language = {eng}, }