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The 3D gain length with respect to the peak current for (a) different modulation laser wavelengths for a base SES of 1.53 MeV, and (b) different SESs of the base electron beam. Dashed lines: Eq. (3) with linear fitting result from Fig. 2 for the rms SES σE.