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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
First and foremost I must thank my committee for their wise counsel and guidance<br />
over the past several years. It is incumbent upon a student’s advisors to choose<br />
an appropriate topic of research, and I could not have asked for a more intriguing<br />
and rewarding topic to study than the one presented in this dissertation.<br />
Specifically I would like to thank David Douglas who, being the first person I<br />
met at Jefferson Laboratory, has literally been there for me from day one. Despite<br />
his eternal pessimism, it has been a privilege to learn from one of the best in the<br />
“ERL business”. I would also like to thank Lia Merminga, whose eternal optimism,<br />
steadfastness and demand for perfection have ultimately led to this dissertation.<br />
And while their work has largely been behind the scene, I am equally grateful to<br />
Fred Dylla and Keith Griffioen for their guidance and quiet leadership.<br />
Although we worked less than three years together, the results presented in this<br />
dissertation would not have been possible without Eduard Pozdeyev. I gratefully<br />
acknowledge his unwavering support, guidance and friendship during the course of<br />
my studies. I suspect there have never been two people who have devoted so much<br />
time as we did looking at a screen - computer, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer<br />
or oscilloscope - over the course of three years.<br />
I must also thank Raphael Littauer, with whom I had the great privilege to<br />
work under while doing research as an undergraduate. The wealth of information<br />
which he shared so enthusiastically with me, in addition to his charming personality<br />
and pleasant demeanor, greatly influenced my decision to pursue a career in the<br />
field of accelerator physics.<br />
There are a number of other individuals whose help over the past several years<br />
has been indispensable and I am grateful to them all. They are Kevin Beard, Steve<br />
Benson, Jim Coleman, Kevin Jordan, Geoffrey Krafft, Tom Powers, Richard Walker,<br />
Haipeng Wang and Byung Yunn from Jefferson Laboratory, Stefan Simrock from<br />
DESY, Todd Smith from Stanford and John Dirk Walecka from The College of<br />
William and Mary. Thank you.<br />
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