@article{6083, author = {A. V. Savilov and V. L. Bratman and G. G. Denisov and W. A. Bongers and C. A. J. van der Geer and P. Manintveld and B. L. Militsyn and A. G. A. Verhoeven and W. H. Urbanus}, title = {Mode dynamics in a free electron maser with broadband frequency-dispersive feedback}, abstract = {For a free-electron oscillator, problems of mode dynamics are studied for a case when the feedback has a wide, but finite band (the feedback coefficient depends on the frequency). It is shown that even a broadband frequency-dispersive feedback can significantly affect both the electron-current threshold of stability of the single-mode operation and the process of frequency tuning. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {2001}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, pages = {638-642}, month = {Feb}, isbn = {1070-664X}, doi = {10.1063/1.1339233}, language = {eng}, }