Nonlinear theory of channeling of radiation by a ribbon-shaped stream of cyclotron oscillators

The features of the nonlinear stage of radiation from transversely bounded, magnetically steered helical and rectilinear electron streams in a homogeneous medium and in vacuum are investigated theoretically under conditions of the normal and anomalous Doppler effects. The evolution of the transverse distribution of the radiated field is investigated, and the channeling effect of the electron stream is demonstrated. It is shown that in the radiation from a helical stream in a plasmalike medium a practically complete conversion of the energy of gyrational motion of the electrons into energy of electromagnetic oscillations can occur on account of the automatic fine tuning of the radiation angle. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 9–14 (January 1999)