Formation of Space Charge Wave with Wide Frequency Spectrum in Helical Electron Beam of Two-Stream FEL Transit Section with Longitudinal Electric Field

The longitudinal electric field effect on the formation of a space charge wave (SCW) with wide frequency spectrum in the helical two-stream relativistic electron beam (REB), which moves in transit section of multiharmonic two-stream superheterodyne free-electron laser, is analyzed. In the framework of cubic nonlinear approximation, it is shown that the use of the accelerating electric field makes it possible to increase the multiharmonic SCW width of the frequency spectrum. It is shown that the retarding electric field causes the increase of the amplitude level SCW harmonics, as well as the decrease of its saturation length.