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This work investigates the feasibility of using commercial medical
linear accelerators as electron sources for compact free electron laser
systems in the mid infrared regime. Representative beam parameters were
defined using product specifications and engineering estimates, then
compared with the infrared free electron laser at the Fritz Haber
Institute. Resonance conditions and Pierce parameter estimates were used
to evaluate expected gain limitations, followed by computational
simulations using GENESIS. The simulations show that resonance and
limited amplification at 16 𝜇m can be achieved. However, medical LINAC
beam quality, especially energy spread, limits efficient single pass
operation. These results suggest that state of the art FEL performance
is difficult without beam conditioning, but application specific mid
infrared sources can be feasible through improved configurations such as
optical seeding or oscillator operation.
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