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  1. J. N. Eckstein, J. M. J. Madey, K. Robinson, T. I. Smith, S. Benson, D. Deacon, R. Taber, and A. Gaupp, "Additional Experimental Resultss from the Stanford 3 Micron FEL", in Physics of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 8, Eds. S. F. Jacobs, G. T. Moore, H. S. Pilloff, M. Sargent III, M. O. Scully, and R. Spitzer, (1981) 49—76.

  2. S. V. Benson, D. A. G. Deacon, J. N. Eckstein, J. M. J. Madey, K. E. Robinson, T. I. Smith, and R. Taber, "Optical autocorrelation function of a 3.2 ΅m free-electron laser", Physical Review Letters, 48 (1983) 235—238.

  3. S. Benson, D. A. G. Deacon, J. N. Eckstein, J. M. J. Madey, K. Robinson, T. I. Smith, and R. Taber, "Review of Recent Experimental Results from the Stanford # ΅m Free-Electron Laser", Proceedings of the Bendor Free Electron Laser Conference, J. de Physics Coll. (1982) Cl-353—Cl-362.

  4. J. M. J. Madey, S. V. Benson, Todd, I. Smith, and R. Redaelli, "A Model for the Introduction of Noise into Computer Simulations of FEL Pulse Propagation", Free-Electron Generators of Coherent Radiation, C. A. Brau, S. F. Jacobs, M. O. Scully, eds., Proc. SPIE 453, (1984) 315—318.

  5. S. V. Benson and J. M. J. Madey, "Transverse mode frequency pulling in short pulse free-electron lasers", Optics Commun., 56 (1985) 212.

  6. S.V. Benson and J. M.J. Madey, "Shot and Quantum Noise in Free Electron Lasers", Nucl. Instr. and Methods , A237 (1985) 55—60.

  7. S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, J. Schultz, M. Marc, W. Wadensweiler, and G. A. Westenskow, "The Stanford Mark III Infrared Free-Electron Laser", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A250 (1986) 39—43.

  8. G. Stolovy, W. Wadensweiler, J. M. J. Madey, S. Benson, and M. Velghe, "Hybrid Wiggler for Infrared FEL and Coherent Harmonic Generation", Proc. SPIE 582 (1986) 163.

  9. S. V. Benson, E. B. Szarmes, B. A. Hooper, E. L. Dottery, and J. M. J. Madey, "Laser Damage on Zinc Selenide and Cadmium Telluride using the Stanford Mark III Infrared Free-Electron Laser", Laser Induced Damage in Optical Materials, NIST Special Publication 756 (1988) 41.

  10. A. Bhowmik, M. S. Curtin, W. A. McMullin, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, B. A. Richman and L. Vintro, "First Operation of the Rocketdyne/Stanford Free-electron Laser", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 10—14.

  11. S. V. Benson, J. Schultz, B. A. Hooper, R. Crane, and J. M. J. Madey, "Status Report on the Stanford Mark III Infrared Free-electron Laser", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 22—28.

  12. B. A. Hooper, S. V. Benson, A. Cutolo, and J. M. J. Madey, "Experimental Results of Two Stage Harmonic Generation with Picosecond Pulses on the Stanford Mark III Infrared FEL", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 96—98.

  13. A. Bhowmik, J. M. J. Madey, and S. V. Benson, "Design concept for a Common RF Accelerator Driven Free-Electron Laesr Master Oscillator/Power Amplifier", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 183—186.

  14. M. S. Curtin, A. Bhowmik, W. A. McMullin, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, B. A. Richman, and L. Vintro, "A High Quality Permanent-Magnet Wiggler for the Rocketdyne/Stanford Infrared Free-Electron Laser", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 187—191.

  15. S. V. Benson, A. Cutolo, J. M. J. Madey, and J. F. Schultz, "Q-switched Optical Cavities for Free-Electron Lasers",Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A272, (1988) 499—500.

  16. A. Bhowmik, M. S. Curtin, W. A. McMullin, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, B. A. Richman, and L. Vintro, "The Stanford/Rocketdyne Free-Electron Laser Master Oscillator/Power Amplifier Experiment", Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Lasers ‘88 (Lake Tahoe NV, Dec. 1988) Eds. R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, pp. 177—184.

  17. S. V. Benson and J. M. J. Madey, "Demonstration of Harmonic Lasing in a Free-Electron Laser", Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Lasers ‘88 (Lake Tahoe NV, Dec. 1988) Eds. R. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, pp. 189—195.

  18. M. S. Curtin, G. Bennett and R. Burke, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, "First Demonstration of a Free-electron Laser Driven by Electrons from a Laser Irradiated Photocathode", Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Lasers ‘88 (Lake Tahoe NV, Dec. 1988) Eds. R.

  19. C. Sze and F. J. Duarte, pp. 196—204. S. V. Benson and J. M. J. Madey, "Demonstration of harmonic lasing in a free-electron laser", Phys. Rev. A, 39 (1989) 1579—1581.

  20. W.-S. Fann, S. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, S. Etamad, G. L. Baker, and K. Kajzar, "Spectrum of c(3) (-3w;w,w,w) in Polyacetylene: An Application of theFree-Electron Laser in Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy", Phys. Rev. Lett., 62 (1989) 1492—1495.

  21. S. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, R. Straight, and B. Hooper, "Performance of a Broadband Free-Electron Laser and Preliminary Studies on its Application to Biology and Medicine", J. of Laser Appl. 1 (1989) 49—58.

  22. W.-S. Fann, L. Rothberg, M. Roberson, R. H. Austin, S. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, and S. Etemad, "Dynamical Test of Davydov-Type Solitons in Acetanilide Using a Picosecond Free-Electron Laser", Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 (1990) 607.

  23. L. Vintro, S. V. Benson, A. Bhowmik, M. S. Curtin, J. M. J. Madey, W. A. McMullin, and B. A. Richman, "Observation of Gain in a Free-Electron Master Oscillator—Power Amplifier", Phys. Rev. Lett., 64 (1990) 1662—1665.

  24. A. Bhowmik, M. S. Curtin, W. A. McMullin, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, B. A. Richman, and L. Vintro, "Initial Results from the Free-Electron Laser Master Oscillator/Power Amplifier Experiment", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 20—24.

  25. M. S. Curtin, A. Bhowmik, J. Brown, W. A. McMullin, P. Metty, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, "Initial Results of Operating the Rocketdyne Undulator in a Tapered Configuration", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 69—74.

  26. E. Szarmes, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, "Mode Control on Short Pulse FELs using a Michelson-Mirror Resonator", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 98-109.

  27. S. V. Benson, W.-S. Fann, B. A. Hooper, J. M. J. Madey, E. B. Szarmes, B. Richman, and L. Vintro, "A review of the Stanford Mark III Infrared FEL Program", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 110—114.

  28. M. S. Curtin, G. Bennett, R. Burke, A. Bhowmik, P. Metty, S. V. Benson, and J. M. J. Madey, "First Demonstration of a Free-electron Laser Driven by Electrons from a Laser Irradiated Photocathode", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 127—133.

  29. E. Szarmes, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, "Pulse Compression on the Mark III FEL Using Energy Chirping", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 755—761.

  30. S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, E. Szarmes, A. Bhowmik, P. Metty, and M. Curtin, "A Demonstration of Loss Modulation and Cavity Dumping in a Free-Electron Laser Oscillator", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 762—768.

  31. B. A. Hooper, S. V. Benson, R. Straight, and J. M. J. Madey, "Applications of Harmonic Generation of Picosecond Pulses from a Free-Electron Laser", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 797—803.

  32. W.-S. Fann, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, S. Etemad, G. L. Baker, L. Rothberg, M. Roberson, and R. H. Austin, "Applications of Infrared Free-Electron Lasers in Picosecond and Nonlinear Spectroscopy", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A296, (1990) 804—808.

  33. S. Benson, "Optical Cavities for Free-Electron Lasers", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A304 (1990) 773-781.

  34. S. V. Benson, "A compact free-electron laser design for extremely broadband harmonic operation in the infrared", Nucl. Inst. and Meth.. A318 (1992) 221—224.

  35. G. A. Barnett, S. V. Benson, and J. M. J. Madey, "Warm cavity modes of free-electron laser resonators with on-axis holes", IEEE J. Qu. Elect., 29 (1993) 479—486.

  36. G. R. Neil and S. V. Benson, "Issues in High-Power FEL Design at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility", ", in Laser Resonators and Coherent Optics: Modeling, Technology, and Applications, Anup Bhowmik, Editor, Proc. SPIE 1868 (1993) 41—55.

  37. G. A. Barnett, S. V. Benson, and J. M. J. Madey, "Hole Output Coupling in the Mark III Free-Electron Laser", in Laser Resonators and Coherent Optics: Modeling, Technology, and Applications, Anup Bhowmik, Editor, Proc. SPIE 1868 (1993) 171—179.

  38. H. Liu, S. Benson, J. Bisognano, P. Liger, G. Neil, D. Neuffer, C. Sinclair, and B. Yunn, "Integrated Numerical Modeling of a Laser Gun Injector", Proc. 1993 Part. Acc. Conf., Washington D.C.

  39. B. A. Hooper, S. V. Benson, and J. M. J. Madey, "Conversion Efficiency optimization of Free-Electron Laser Light", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A331 (1993) 93—97.

  40. H. Liu, S. V. Benson, J. J. Bisognano, P. Liger, G. R. Neil, D. V. Neuffer, C. K. Sinclair, and B Yunn, "Numerical Investigation of a Laser Gun Injector at CEBAF", A339 (1994) 415—419.

  41. S. V. Benson, "Tunable free-electron lasers", in Tunable Lasers Handbook, copyright 1995 Academic Press, Inc. pp. 443—470.

  42. H. F. Dylla, S. Benson, J. Bisognano, C. L. Bohn, L. Cardman, D. Engwall,, J. Fugitt, K. Jordan, D. Kehne, Z. Li, H. Liu, L. Merminga, G. R. Neil, D. V. Neuffer, M. Shinn, C. K. Sinclair, M. Wiseman, L. J. Brillson, D. P. Henkel, H. Helvejian, and M. J. Kelley, "A High Average Power FEL for Industrial Applications", Proc. 1995 Part. Acc. Conf., Dallas TX, pp. 102—104.

  43. D. V. Neuffer, S. Benson, J. Bisognano, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, D. Kehne, J. Fugitt, K. Jordan, Z. Li, H.-X. Liu, L. Merminga, G. Neil, M. Shinn, C. Sinclair, M. Wiseman, "Accelerator Design for the High_Power Industiral FEL", Proc. 1995 Part. Acc. Conf., Dallas TX, pp. 243—245.

  44. H. Liu, D. Kehne, S. Benson, J. Bisognano, L. Cardman, H. F. Dylla, D. Engwall, J. Fugitt, K. Jordan,, G. Neil, D. Neuffer, C. Sinclair, M. Wiseman, and B. Yunn, "Design of a High Charge CW Photocathode Injector Test Stand at CEBAF", Proc. 1995 Part. Acc. Conf., Dallas TX, pp. 942—944.

  45. S. Benson and M. Shinn, "Development of an Accelerator-Ready Photocathode Rrive Laser at CEBAF", Proc. 1995 Part. Acc. Conf., Dallas TX., pp. 1052—1054.

  46. G. R. Neil, S. V. Benson, H. F. Dylla, and H. Liu, "CEBAF UV/IR FEL Subsystem Testing and Validation Program", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A358 (1995) 159—162.

  47. G. A. Barnett, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, and E. B. Szarmes, "Hole Coupling Experiments on the Mark III FEL", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A358 (1995) 311—314.

  48. H. Liu, J. Benesch, S. Benson, J. Bisognano, D. Douglas, G. Neil, D. Neuffer, C. Sinclair, and B. Yunn, "Modeling of Space Charge Dominated Performance of the CEBAF FEL Injector", Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A358 (1995) 475—478.

  49. C. R. Jones, H. Kosai, J. M. Dutta, M. J. Peters, W. Guo, F. C. DeLucia, S. V. Benson, J. M. J. Madey, J. C. Swartz, and B. D. Guenther, "Generation of picosecond pulses at millimeter wavelengths", Appl. Phys. Lett. 67 (1995) 1483—1485.

  50. S. V. Benson, J. M. Dutta, C. R. Jones, H. Kosai, and J. Swartz, "Coherent Transition radiation Produced by a 1.2 MeV Electron Beam", in Microbunches Workshop, Eds. E. B. Blum, M. Dienes, and J. B. Murphy, AIP Conf. Proc. 367 (1995) 350—356.

  51. S. V. Benson, J. Bisognano, C. Bohn, L. Cardman, W. B. Colson, P. Davidson, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, D. Engwall, J. Fugitt, J. Goldstein, K. Jordan, D. Kehne, Z. Li, H. Liu, L. Merminga, G. Neil, D. Neuffer, M. Shinn, M. Wiseman, R. Wong, "A Proposed High Power UV Industrial Demonstration Laser at CEBAF", in Lasers as Tools for manufacturing of Durable Goods and Microelectronics, Eds. J. J. Dubowski, J. Mazumder, L. R. Migliore, C. S. Roychoudhuri, and R. D. Schaeffer, Proc. SPIE 2703 (1996) 6—14.

  52. G. A. Krafft, K. Jordan, D. Kehne, S. Benson, J. Denard, E. Feldl, P. Piot, J. Song, and R. Ursic, "Electron-Beam Diagnostics For Jefferson Lab’s High Power Free Electron Laser", Proc. 1997 Part. Acc. Conf., Vancouver BC, pp. 912—914.

  53. G. R. Neil, S. V. Benson, M. D. Shinn, P. S. Davidson, and P. K. Kloeppel, "Optical modeling of the Jefferson Laboratory IR demo FEL", Modeling and Simulation of Higher—PowerLaser Systems IV, Proc. SPIE 2989 (1997) 160—171.

  54. S. V. Benson, P. S. Davidson, R. Jain, P. K. Kloeppel, G. R. Neil, and M. D. Shinn, "Optical modeling of the Jefferson Laboratory IR demo FEL", Nucl. Inst. and Meth. A407 (1998) 401—406.

  55. S. Benson, G. Biallas, C. Bohn, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Legg, R. Li, L. Merminga, G. R. Neil, D. Oepts, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "First lasing of the Jefferson Lab IR Demo FEL", Nucl. Inst. and Meth.. A429 (1999) 27—32.

  56. L. Merminga, P. Alexeev, S. Benson, A. Bolshakov, L. Doolittle, and G. Neil, "Analysis of the FEL-RF Interaction in Recirculating Energy-Recovering Linacs with an FEL", Nucl. Inst. and Meth.. A429 (1999) 58—64.

  57. C. L. Bohn and S. V. Benson, "Radiofrequency Superconductivity Applied to Free-Electron Lasers", Particle Accel., 62 (1998) 623—635.

  58. S. Benson "High Power Free-electron Lasers", Proc. 1999 Part. Acc. Conf., New York NY, pp. 212—216.

  59. C. L. Bohn, S. Benson, G. Biallas, I. Campisi, D. Douglas, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, G. Neil, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, B. Yunn, "Performance of the Accelerator Driver of Jefferson Laboratory's Free-Electron Laser", Proc. 1999 Part. Acc. Conf., New York NY, pp. 2450—2452.

  60. S. Benson, G. Biallas, C. L. Bohn, I. E. Campisi, D. Douglas, R. Evans, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. A. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, G. R. Neil, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, B. C. Yunn, "First Results on Energy Recovery in the Jefferson Lab IRFEL", Proc. 1999 Part. Acc. Conf., New York NY, pp. 2456—2458.

  61. G. R. Neil, C. L. Bohn, S. V. Benson, G. Biallas, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, A. Grippo, J. Gubeli, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "Sustained Kilowatt Lasing in a Free-Electron Laser with Same-Cell Energy Recovery", Phys. Rev. Lett., 84, (2000) 662.

  62. G. R. Neil, S. V. Benson, G. Biallas, C. L. Bohn, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, A. Grippo, J. Gubeli, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "Kilowatt Lasing in a Free-Electron Laser", Proc. of EPAC 2000, Vienna, Austria, pp. 764—766.

  63. S. V. Benson, G. R. Neil, C. L. Bohn, G. Biallas, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, J. Fugitt, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, L. Merminga, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "A Kilowatt Average Power Laser for Sub-Picosecond Materials Processing", In Advanced High-Power Lasers, M. Osinski, H. T. Powell, and K. Toyoda Eds. Proc. SPIE 3889 (2000) 309—313.

  64. S. V. Benson, G. R. Neil, and M. Shinn, "Measurement and Modeling of Mirror Distortion in a High Power FEL", In Gas, Chemical, and Electrical Lasers and Intense Beam Control and Applications, S. Basu, S. J. Davis, and E. A. Dorko Eds. Proc. SPIE 3931 (2000) 243—250.

  65. G. R. Neil, S. V. Benson, G. Biallas, C. L. Bohn, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, J. Gubeli, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, D. Oepts, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "First Operation of an FEL in Same-Cell Energy Recovery Mode", Nucl. Inst. and Meth.. A445 (2000) 192—196.

  66. S. V. Benson, G. Biallas, C. L. Bohn, D. Douglas, H. F. Dylla, R. Evans, J. Fugitt, A. Grippo, J. Gubeli, R. Hill, K. Jordan, G. Krafft, R. Li, L. Merminga, G. R. Neil, P. Piot, J. Preble, M. Shinn, T. Siggins, R. Walker, and B. Yunn, "Jefferson Lab Free-Electron Laser Starts Operation with Sustained Lasing at the Kilowatt Level," Synchrotron Radiation News, 13 (2000) 13—17.


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